24

5/9/22

Just incredible that today marks 24 years since my dad died. Provides another check-in on my spirit. And as I walked in some beautiful weather , under clear skies and between healthy pines, I thought about how that morning he died, I was walking along the lakefront on a beautiful day, under clear skies and it was odd how vivid everything was, Neil Young's "Like a hurricane" and Joni Mitchell's "Impossible dreamer", songs i'd heard and enjoyed so many times sounded even more vibrant to me that morning....it was noticeable there and then with no idea of the shocking ,tragic news I would get that evening.

As I walked around today, thinking about that day, thinking about my dad in general and my mom and other loved ones now gone, as I enjoyed the beauty around me and as I felt inspired----things seemed to be in the proper perspective, I could see life as a gemstone but with a sharp edge you have to be aware of yet not dwell on as you interact with it so as not to miss what is there to enjoy