Issue 26.10
Healing comes in many different forms. Most of us have scraped a knee as a child and watched in awe as the skin replenishes itself leaving no sign of a previous wound. We also can remember a time when our mother’s sympathetic words helped heal scratches or hurt feelings. Usually it is in the sincere, heartfelt feelings and words of others where healing has the greatest power. Many broken hearts have been healed through someone who has taken the time to really care.
At some time in life we all have to experience the heartache of a loved one passing away. This is often one of the most difficult times in life as we adjust to life without that person. Funerals provide a gathering place for loved ones to come together and reminisce on a life lived. It is a time to mourn but also a time to celebrate life. I am reminded of a poem that inspires us to carry on:
Things may not look well
But then you never can tell,
So carry on, old man, carry on.
Be proud of your mission,
Greet life with a cheer,
Give it all that you’ve got
That’s why you are here.
Fight the good fight
And be true to the end,
And at last when you die
Let this be your cry:
Carry on, my soul, carry on.
(See Robert Service, “Carry On!” in Masterpieces of Religious Verse, ed. James D. Morrison, New York: Harper and Row, 1948, pp. 307-8.)
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