Lorraine's Love Lost
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Lorraine needs your blessings. Her boyfriend, who was just 43, died suddenly of a brain hemorrage. He had no know medical condition. The actually had had a wonderful night out, only marred by the splitting headache that was to cost him his life.
To say she is devastated is to put it mildly.
Pondering about the gift of love and the sorrow of death, I looked to the Tao Te Ching for widsom. I found this:
Verse 16, Tao Te Ching
Empty your mind of all thoughts.
Let your heart be at peace.
Watch the turmoil of beings,
but contemplate their return.
Each separate being in the universe
returns to the common source.
Returning to the source is serenity.
If you don't realize the source,
you stumble in confusion and sorrow.
When you realize where you come from,
you naturally become tolerant,
disinterested, amused,
kindhearted as a grandmother,
dignified as a king.
Immersed in the wonder of the Tao,
you can deal with whatever life brings you,
and when death comes, you are ready.
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oh dear Lorraine...
Lorraine, there is simply so little that can be said by anyone at terrible times like these... some mumbled aphorism such as "sorry for your loss" just sounds so weak, so futile... all we can do is to let you know that we are all with you and here for you, as close or as far away as you may need us to be... but please do know that, and please do believe in your heart that we are grieving with you in our own twice-distant ways as you grieve for your own loss and your own aching soul... and though words can never say enough, perhaps at least those hinted at in time-worn rituals can bring you some small solace in this darkest hour of the heart... and even though the gesture may seem tiny and far away, please know that there are three candles burning on a totem otter's hearth tonight, one for you and one for yours lost and one for yours still there...
blessed be,
Otter
The wheel of life turns
The cycle of rebirth continues
Those beyond life
You are remembered today
Gifts of love and hope
Are offered whole heartedly
To those we remember
To those we do not
To all of those we have lost
Dark Lady and Dark Lord
In your gentle embrace
Our dead you have taken
All thread of life are cut
All threads are woven anew
May the wheel turn
And begin the cycle again
We give freely
Juniper for love
Yew for rebirth
Bay for strength
Parsley for cleansing
Alyssum for happiness
Basil for peace
May our blessings be received
You are remembered