It's not Complicated...

 

 

 

Autumn Leaves (Ed Sheeran)

 

Another day another life

Passes by just like mine

It's not complicated

 

Another mind

Another soul

Another body to grow old

It's not complicated 

Do you ever wonder if the stars shine out for you?

Float down

Like autumn leaves

 

Hush now

Close your eyes before the sleep

And you're miles away

And yesterday you were here with me 

Another tear

Another cry

Another place for us to die

It's not complicated 

Another love that's gone to waste

Another light lost from your face

It's complicated 

Is it that it's over or do birds still sing for you?

Float down

Like autumn leaves

Hush now

Close your eyes before the sleep

And you're miles away

And yesterday you were here with me 

Ooh how I miss you

My symphony played the song that carried you out

Ooh how I miss you

And I, I miss you and I wish you'd stay  

Do you ever wonder if the stars shine out for you?

Float down

Like autumn leaves

Hush now

Close your eyes before the sleep

And you're miles away

And yesterday you were here with me 

Touch down

Like a seven four seven

Or stay out and we'll live forever now...

Today

Dr. Ben Matassarin  | 

Sympathy Poem

By: Rabbi Alvin I. Fine

"Birth is a beginning
and death a destination.
And life is a journey:
From childhood to maturity
and youth to age;
From innocence to awareness
and ignorance to knowing;
From foolishness to desecration
and then perhaps to wisdom.
From weakness to strength or
from strength to weakness
and often back again;
From health to sickness
and we pray to health again.
From offense to forgiveness
from loneliness to love
from joy to gratitude
from pain to compassion
from grief to understanding
from fear to faith.
From defeat to defeat to defeat
until looking backwards or ahead
We see that victory lies not
at some high point along the way
but in having made the journey
step by step
a sacred pilgrimage.
Birth is a beginning
and death a destination
And life is a journey;
A sacred journey to life everlasting."

Peace be w/you Ben.

Psalm

All Saints Day today, All Souls Day tomorrow---Thinking about the Psalm reading at Mass yesterday..."If the Lord were not my help, I would long have been silent in the grave. When I say, "My foot is slipping, " your love, Lord, holds me up. When cares increase within me, your comfort gives me joy."

Just growling

Real sad to be alone without my buddy---letting out a growl to say so.

Real sad to be without my girl and boy---letting out a growl to say so.

Real glad to have my kids, grand kids, great grand kids---letting out a growl to say so.

And God Said No

I asked God to take away my pride. And God said “No.” He said it was not for Him to take away, but for me to give up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. And God said “No.” He said her spirit was whole, her body was only temporary.

I asked God to grant me patience. And God said “No.” He said patience is a by-product of tribulations. It isn’t granted, it is earned.

I asked God to give me happiness. And God said “No.” He said He gives me blessings, happiness is up to me.

I asked God to spare me pain. And God said “No.” He said suffering draws me apart from worldly cares and brings me closer to Him.

I asked God to make my spirit grow. And God said “No.” He said I must grow on my own. But He will prune me to make me fruitful.

I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. And God said “No.” He said He will give me life, that I may enjoy all things.

I ask God to help me love others, as much as he loves me. And God said “Ah, finally you have the idea!”

by Claudia Minden Weisz

Tis Done

We are asked to believe, have faith, hope and love. Achieving these gifts without working for them is like getting paid before the job is done. Working to bring it to its fullness is not accomplished without trials and tribulation.

Searching

Searching for a place of peace to find meaning and settling for the soul. Cannot find either at the close of this day.

Does the "road" to nowhere ever end? Does the grief ever lessen? The journey is tedious.