The continuity of life beyond the borders of time
What would you have lived for? November is a reason to celebrate the continuity of life changed from matter to spirit. Not to grieve for the dead but for the living who have lost the meaning of life.
Anne Frank once said “dead people receive more flowers than the living because regret is stronger than gratitude”
As a response to that
“I would rather live miserable with Gratitude than spend Eternity miserably Regretting the things I should have said and done.” marielou devera
Candles and flowers are a usual sight in November. Everyone gets the homecoming fever that longing to be with families certainly does not preclude the deceased. All saints and all souls day is the time when my clan meets at the Mausoleum. I guess death calls you home too.
I like to rest my head on the warmth of soft ground and relieve the pangs of bitter cold with the covers of damp grass on me. I wish to dream dreams of life well lived and hopes of beautiful eternity ahead. As my body turns pale, to blue and then gray, the changing hues with the modulating tones of decay, I shall relinquish to nature what it has bestowed my earthen vessel.
With eyes fixed to the heavens above me, so shall my soul resonate in the Universe. Finding my home cosmos, so shall my angels lead me to my place beyond the stars. Wherefore, why have I forgotten the path that leads me to the “Doors” in the sky?
Why did man loved the world so much? Why does a child cry at birth? Must it not be a laughter? Born from spirit to matter. What would you live for?
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Maria Lourdes de Vera, RN
The end of time and space is the beginning of eternity
It is the anticipation of death that makes it eternal
Death takes less than a moment
One breath continued
One fire transformed
It is the anticipation of a better place to live in
Makes the crossing worthwhile
To the dying
The anticipation is difficult Lost the rhythm to life
Whispered by the wind
And the skies open
The bright light open
Welcome the traveler
Lost in time and space
Journey with the dying
To make that crossing
Appetite lost
Universe seeks greater sacrifice
Release the returning soul
Freed from the shackles
My pain is deep
Not that I am broken
I am so close to Life
The beating heart I feel
The weeping soul I hear
