The Death of Kindred Spirits

"Invisible threads are the strongest ties."

Friedrich Nietzsche

With the intention to compile a list of friends, I scrolled through my contacts.  It did not take long to notice that several important people in my life had passed and I had not yet deleted them from my lengthy list.

I fully acknowledge the death of kindred spirits and find my self willing to let them go into other realms as we will surely meet again in a different time and space.  There is the desire, however, to sustain the gifts they had brought into my life.

When the deceased present them selves in my mind, I do not have morbid thoughts.  I feel a warm glow as I remember their approach to life or their unique laughter or the wisdom shared.  I do not keep them bound to this world, as my intention is simply to keep their amazing spirit alive.  

 

Birth A Dancing Star

"One must still have chaos in oneself 

to be able to give birth to a dancing star."

Friedrich Nietzsche

Chaos shakes us out of our complacency, allows unanswered questions to surface, and forcefully invites us to face repressed emotions.  It clings to us until we face our forth coming lesson, learning yet another degree of honesty about ourselves and others.

If there were no discord in our lives, there would be fewer moments of understanding.  We would become satisfied with what we know and fall asleep not tending to our inner glow.  In order for light to shine around the world, each of us must make our flame grow.

When everyone is sharing the light of kindness and compassion, we can reach out to others. Our flames join and we carry them out into the darkness.  Our fire becomes a passion for peace and prosperity for all of humanity.  Together, our labor of love births a dancing star.