Sunday, November 30, 2014

"Just a Thought"

In addition to gardening tasks, the sewing machine is another place where I do a lot of thinking.  Recently I consented to be a vendor at a Christmas bazaar at the school one of my grandgirls attends, so I am at the machine, producing items to fill my space.

My son-in-law's aunt just had her 100th birthday, and the family celebrated by taking her bowling, one of her all-time favorite pastimes.  She's no patsy either--a video was shared as she threw the ball down the lane, resulting in a strike.  

I found myself thinking about this aunt while sewing.  100 years old!  My mind wandered to those whose lives are taken in infancy, youth, as young adults.  I think we, as humans, find it impossible to make sense out of this seeming discrepancy.  "Why," I asked, "are some lives so short?" 

Within a split second the answer:  "No lives are short.  They are all eternal." 

Something to think about.

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