Constants of Life
I just learnt that a new born child of a friend of mine passed away though there is a surviving twin this is a small consolation for a life that didn't drive the parents nuts, that didn't bruise its knees, didn't play an instrument in high school band or go to college. The joy of seeing a life going thru life process was lost.
This death follows another which did affect me was that of the 37 year old nephew of the owner of my favourite restaurant in Cleveland. The deceased's daughter was close to me, the 5 year old was always ready for an argument with me. The young man who passed away at the prime of his life didn't have joy of giving away his daughter or seeing her thru tumultus teenage years.
Events mentioned above underlines the important fact of life that only thing that is constant in life is change and the extreme change is death. Change destroys our comfort with time, space and relationships. Death creates a void leaving those left behind to be healed.
I was mulling over change and death when I stopped at a convenience store, the owner out of the blue congratulated me on having kids which surprised me, he explained he saw the Children's Hospital tag on me and guessed so. The tag was put on me when I visited the hospital to meet my friend. When I told my friends story he said he
was moved and said that his prayers are with my friends family.
An absolute stranger's prayers showed the prevalence of goodness of mankind despite the perceived negativity all around , I realized that is the other constant in human life which we don't realize. Since mankind benefits from pervasive goodness it trumps over other constants in life.... change and death
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