As I drove to my coffee place this morning a jeep in front of me had a sign on its back spare tire cover that read: “Life is good.”
I smiled and thought to myself, “Yes, that is true.” But it’s only true for some on this day; I was on my way to have lunch with a person whose life I would not describe as good for him at this particular time. I’d probably choose another word rather than good for someone who is living their life waiting for a kidney transplant and on dialysis three days a week.
Yet for others, today is good. One should remember that every day is different for each of us and sooner or later what is “good” today will also have days that are “not so good.”
You recognize how much is hidden behind the small courtesies
and civilities of everyday existences.”
“Deep sorrow and traces of great loss run through everyone’s lives and
yet they let others step into the elevator first, wave them ahead in a line of
traffic, smile and greet their children and inquire about their lives and never
let on for a second that they, too, have cried tears.They too, keep a picture
of someone locked in their hearts and bring it out in quiet, solitary moments
to caress and remember.”
“Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.”
(Rosanne Cash - A Memoir)
October 17, 2011
Keep on,
Larry Adamson