We float in the soft ocean current until someone sees us, or hears us. We are paralyzed, our attributes stunned until the petals of our mind are gently folded open. We unfold only when we are ready to.
For death is not an easy topic to digest, it never is. No matter how much we prepare for it, we still feel the threatening jolt when it happens. How whimsical, the transient wind passes through the filtering of crying tree branches. Death can sometimes be unannounced. But do not make assumptions, death is not the end.
We are forever grateful for the lessons you have taught us, entrenched in your ideas and benevolence. We respect your courage for you are much braver than us. You gave us all the tools necessary for building our lives and you may have sacrificed along the way. We often take you for granted as we throw curses under our breaths, hoping that you would catch a glimpse of it. But now, we finally know better.
For death rattles us. we are shook, all our change dangling with despair. We reach and we miss and we get lost in the wake. For there is no happy ending, there is no feel-good theatrics. Spreading good and the search for utter truth is what we are sent here to do. Humility is a virtue. We are introduced to the pains of life so that we can fully identify happiness. Cherish all things perishable, love all your loved ones. Examine life through this refreshed lens and keep on thinking positively; it will all make sense in the end.
We wish you were there to see it, Ray.
The world is much more beautiful than we think. The skies far more vast than we believe. For the reds and the violets are more vibrant than ever. But it is not the color red or violet that has changed, but our eyes have, "because the mind has dropped its preoccupation of thought and allowed a gap in which to see what has always been there."
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farewell-
I pass as all things do
dew on the grass
-Banzan
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"because the mind has dropped its preoccupation of thought and allowed a gap in which to see what has always been there."
-hey brother, if i could only tell you about this quote. The one thing that brings me the most peace, but probably also moves the most emotionally is the fact of I use to see my Dad. And how i took some things for granted,or how I saw and mistook some of his tendencies and habits. After he passed the ridiculous and monumental outpouring of love and memories, took away all that preoccupation of thought whether it be, Japan, my life journey, music, and it let me see this completely new perspective I had been blind to about my dad that I could truly only realize after he found peace with God. I see it now, I behold it now, I treasure it now, and I see my hero, I see how much stronger his will was, how much more loving, how much more faithful to God he was, and it overwhelms me, humbles me, and makes me strive now to be just like him. The day before he passed he told me and my brother, his dream was to inspire, and that if he didn't live to finish his mission he wanted us to finish it for him. I think he did finish it personally, but I'm making damn sure I do as well, and i see you in that picture with me. Thank you for the love, and life and the world is more beautiful than we know, even in Death, Love.
hullo! it's been forever! hope life has been good to you. i update all of them but at different times :) one is my traveling blog, one is for the daily grind, and one is for the closet writer in me. you choose! hahaha.
cheers!
-jungle
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