My 66th year has miraculously awaited and finally greeted me. Odds makers probably would have placed 20 to 1 odds against me still being here.
We celebrated at KPC, an exclusive oceanside restaurant. The food divine, the company familiar and loved deeply.
Every day and year is an unexpected, though welcome, gift.
I have learned to travel a unique path out of my trauma, grief, and depression.
I have learned how precious life truly is. I actually might have accessed a smidgen of truth along the difficult, transcendent path of life.
I learned to never repress my deepest feelings..
I learned to share love without inhibition, and freely spend that divine inheritance!
I learned to forgive those who reject and harshly criticize.
I learned not to oppress others, but, if I must, forget those who zealously cling to hatred, malice, and unforgiveness, and shake the dust off my feet..
I learned to not let anything precious go to waste through inattention or inaction
I learned to love myself fully for who I am and for my infinite potential for evolution.
I learned that most people will never resonate with who I am, or the precious gifts that I have to offer.
I learned that many others have also discovered this difficult truth, and they, like myself, have dealt with it the best that they could.
I learned to see that infinite potential in all others, whether they love and accept themselves, or don’t..
I learned to collaborate on God’s infinite path with all of life.
I have learned that God is the path that we are all on, and needs no sacrifice or dehumanizing beliefs or dogma to stay attuned with.
I have learned that we need to find our unique way to bring our full self to this disfigured world, if we expect any sort of healing experience.
I learned to multiply those spiritual gifts of joy and connection.
I have learned to have fun!
If you have a song, sing it,
If you have a bell, ring it,
If you have a gift, bring it
If you find Life’s Truth, live it, don’t just sling it.
We are one after all,
You and I.
Together we suffer,
Together exist,
Forever together
We recreate each other
—‘Teilhard deChardin
( quote given to me in calligraphed form by my present wife Sharon 32 years ago)
