I adore Calexico...Feast of Wire. It'll get me through the day nicely.
It's like a heat wave here. I'm sitting in my office overlooking Lake Michigan with my window open. I think it's a combination of slightly warmer temps and the fact that my heat is cranked up to the max and I'm wearing a wool sweater. It's nice to enjoy the fresh air either way.
Tomorrow is the funeral. I'm dreading it. But I'm trying to follow my zen belief and be one with the whole experience without recoiling. It is going to be rough, but living the path is never easy, is it? I've been told if it is, you're not doing it right. I just keep telling my self that this is what life is all about...living every moment as pure and fully as possible whether it's pleasure or pain. Wish me luck.
It's like a heat wave here. I'm sitting in my office overlooking Lake Michigan with my window open. I think it's a combination of slightly warmer temps and the fact that my heat is cranked up to the max and I'm wearing a wool sweater. It's nice to enjoy the fresh air either way.
Tomorrow is the funeral. I'm dreading it. But I'm trying to follow my zen belief and be one with the whole experience without recoiling. It is going to be rough, but living the path is never easy, is it? I've been told if it is, you're not doing it right. I just keep telling my self that this is what life is all about...living every moment as pure and fully as possible whether it's pleasure or pain. Wish me luck.
Sucks about the funeral... stuff like that is always hard. It also seems like western cultures tend to have far darker funeral traditions than their eastern counterparts.
You're right, though; living in the present is the truly hard thing to achieve in this lifetime. Hope tomorrow goes well for you.
sometime later i hit a rough spot in my own life, and turned to memories of grandpa. i realized then how much he had taught me, and the values he gave me. it was then that i missed him the most.
when people at the services sob, or when you do, remind them or yourself of the contributions he made to you and the family. say them out loud.
those things--the values and memories and things taught--live forever. it's not an abstract concept like grandpa in heaven--grandpa lives on in you and all he touched.
best to you...