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Is It Really That Important?
Marlene’s Mid-Life Diary
I called a close friend this evening and she was really depressed. She just got word that a close friend of hers has a rapidly spreading type of cancer. She is frightened and shocked and numb all at the same time.
I listened, empathized and offered my support. I’ve been there so many times and know how hard it is to witness the slow demise and the passing of a loved one. More horrifying still is to recognize my own vulnerabilty and mortality.
It made me think, “There but by the grace of god go I.”
Life is to be lived and never to be taken for granted. All the stuff I was concerned about no longer had any importance at all… I simply let it go, and thanked god for another day to be gratefully alive.
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