The more we feel the pain and loss of loved ones --seems like we from college days are losing a lot of friends lately-- the more I want to live this life I have, while I have it, fully and bravely and passionately, doing the things I love, with the people I love, for the God I love. I don't know how else to deal with the pain that comes with losing loved ones. We have to be resilient and can't let loss bury us alive.
As we mourn together the loss and emptiness that comes with losing loved ones, let's also commit to living even more fully today than we did yesterday and each day after in honor of those who no longer can. Laugh-sing-jump-run-dance-love -- breathe deeply, smell flowers, sing loudly, climb mountains, encourage others -- whatever it is that you are specifically hand-crafted and designed to do best -- with all your heart, for yourselves, for your loved ones, for God, and for those no longer with us.
What a better way to honor them than to celebrate life? More and more we are reminded that our time here is short and darkness comes to all...so let's live while it is still light.
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