Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Apr 3, 2009 0:11:42 GMT -5
CARRYING THE TORCH
There are no handbooks on how to deal with life. It's a learn as you go type of experience, with plenty of room for falling through the cracks. We are here ultimately for a purpose, and that purpose is defined by each of us as indiviuals.Our lives are defined by our experiences , our environment , and the people who surround us. We come into this world vulnerable , and we leave it vulnerable ...... the interim between is where we are given the opportunity to delve into life and create an effect that is uniquely our own.
Once we have created that unique effect on our planet just by our very presence here on Earth, then the planet has in some way been altered , in some way changed just by who we have loved, who we have comforted, who we have touched in some way , big or small. The planet is different than it was years, months, an hour, a second before now, just because we have been here to change it. I marvel at this concept , even as I wonder what exactly is the reason why we are here ............
Then there is the concept of the final goodbye. Someone told me that it is about carrying the torch and passing it on......that analogy stuck with me and does to this very day. This is one example of how my life has been affected by another's. We are here and live on after our loved ones to carry that torch, just as the Olympian athlete , to the finish line. It is a difficult aspect for many of us to imagine being the head torch-bearer, when all along there has been someone before us to lead the way. Will we be as good at the task as those who went before us? I suppose the answer is ultimately in our hands and in the hands of our Maker indeed. Grab onto the torch and pass it along into the future .................
© Dianna Marie
There are no handbooks on how to deal with life. It's a learn as you go type of experience, with plenty of room for falling through the cracks. We are here ultimately for a purpose, and that purpose is defined by each of us as indiviuals.Our lives are defined by our experiences , our environment , and the people who surround us. We come into this world vulnerable , and we leave it vulnerable ...... the interim between is where we are given the opportunity to delve into life and create an effect that is uniquely our own.
Once we have created that unique effect on our planet just by our very presence here on Earth, then the planet has in some way been altered , in some way changed just by who we have loved, who we have comforted, who we have touched in some way , big or small. The planet is different than it was years, months, an hour, a second before now, just because we have been here to change it. I marvel at this concept , even as I wonder what exactly is the reason why we are here ............
Then there is the concept of the final goodbye. Someone told me that it is about carrying the torch and passing it on......that analogy stuck with me and does to this very day. This is one example of how my life has been affected by another's. We are here and live on after our loved ones to carry that torch, just as the Olympian athlete , to the finish line. It is a difficult aspect for many of us to imagine being the head torch-bearer, when all along there has been someone before us to lead the way. Will we be as good at the task as those who went before us? I suppose the answer is ultimately in our hands and in the hands of our Maker indeed. Grab onto the torch and pass it along into the future .................
© Dianna Marie