“Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.” Erich Fromm quotes (German born American social Philosopher and Psychoanalyst, 1900-1980)

I believe life is a walk.  Sometimes along the walk you stop long enough to think about where  you have been.

Last night was one those stops.  We attended a memorial service for a friend.  Dale was brash, funny and full of compassion.  I believe Dale never forgot  her walk through life.  So she was not quick to condemn others.

Last night I saw a group of women who had worked together with Dale.  They learned to love and care about her.  I saw a community of people who care about each other. Now that is a pleasant walk.

While walking you see flowers like the daffodils now, or the pear trees in bloom.   Lana and her husband were like those flowers.  She has been with Dale's kids helping wherever she could.  The "ladies" from Long Term Care and the Dialysis Center prepared food, made donations.  They all did whatever they could to help Dale and her children.  While there was sadness, there was life blooming all around us last night.

So once again, perhaps nature helps us to understand a much bigger picture.  Love for one another is one of the best walks we can take.

Keep walkin,

Ron

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John Muir: Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. »

« Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. ~Roger Miller

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