Live Your Life

 Four and a half years ago, all I felt was the numbing loss of you.  Grief stricken and in the throes of near despair I wallowed for a bit in a self-imposed cocoon of pain and sorrow.  I was inert, unmoved by the demands of daily living.  Like an automaton, I went into the motion of masking a life devoid of substance.

Then each passing day pressed on me to take notice of something unfolding before me.  I became aware of subtle nuances, the twinkling of a new life being born into my subconscious mind.

In my prison, I discovered hope.  In my sadness, I felt the stirring of quiet joy.  In my moments of loneliness, I felt God's abiding and inexplicable presence.  In time, I learned to live again.

What would you say to me now if you can bridge the chasm between us?

"Live your life and do not let fear overtake you.  Before there was you and I, each one of us were created individually to fulfill a purpose.  Find that purpose and align your life to its divine promise.  That you were made for God just as I and tasked to leave this earth better than you found it - in your home, in your community, and in the greater society at large that you live in.

Still your heart for insatiable appetites that leave you empty.  Detach yourself from the wanton cries of fulfillment that rob you of true satisfaction.  This world is a pale version of what is to come where there is no more pain, hunger, suffering, doubt, and fear.  This temporal life is not all there is.

Mostly, clang the cymbals in joyous celebration.  Death is not the end but the beginning of a life that you cannot conceive within the confines of your mortal existence.  It is not shrouded in plaintive woes but in hopeful anticipation of a glorious transformation.  When the veil is torn, you and I will meet again.  Until then, know that death did not keep us apart as our prayers fill the hallways of my boundless spirit.  My love reaches out to you as yours to me through our prayers.  I love you without end."