life and death

During the past year, I have gone through the morning of more deaths that I have ever experienced before. First my cousin, then a family friend's daughter, and just yesterday I received an email saying that a friend from Kyoto who had recently returned to Santa Barbara had died from a brain tumor. When she left last year, she didn't even know she had a brain tumor. Oddly enough, this is not the first friend I have had die from a brain tumor. I had a fairly close friend that I met during a debate meet who also died from brain cancer. Why do I write such depressing things? It's not to gain sympathy from those who read this site. It's to express the appreciation for those people who I do have relationships with, no matter how big or how small. I am aware that everyone on this earth is here only for a limited time. We don't know when God will choose to end our time here, but in the meantime, our earthly life is the season for us to enjoy being with one another. Ecclessiasties comes to mind. God designed humans to desire relationships, love and happiness. By striving for a fulfilled life and working towards strengthening the relationships that I do have, perhaps we are accomplishing a part of God's will that we might be satisfied with the time we are given.

Posted by Kristen at May 17, 2004 03:36 PM | TrackBack