Michael,
Every morning before going into work I pause and look, not just with my eyes, but my heart and soul at Lake Superior. It is my touchstone. I am glad you have something similar with the river. I hope that it will be ok with you that I add you, and your family, to my thoughts . If there can be a shared feeling of calm and peace and connect, then know I will be sending it with love to all of you.
Swanny
Going to the lake each day is balm for the soul. Please visit my FB page Good Morning from Bde Maka Ska for the gift of the sunrise/set over the lake. Your missives are also a gift of the soul in body dear brother.
As some friend of yours noted cancer is not "other" but something you are in fierce, tender, intimate relationship with. It is, as you say, your frenemy, and perhaps more. When I read about your deepening, widening relationship with the river, with the sacred, diving deeply into the ocean of love, I experience healing. It's not your healing or my healing. You invite us to enter the huge mysterious gate of healing with you. What consolation it is to be "together" in this way. Love to you, and Jenny and your beloved awesome children.
Ah the healing you are seeking feels aligned with what I'm seeking as well. A closer connection, to myself, the earth and the people I love. What moves me towards that? What moves me away from it? I'm trying to notice those things.
Thank you for offering these questions. For inviting us into this journey with you. We are all healing. It's good to be healing with you. And to know that when I visit the river, you too have been nearby connecting with it as well.
You have been and are my teacher, Michael....reminding me of the fluidity of life and health and healing and death. A complete cycle on this plane. And while we have breath there is life. Amazing abundant life. I'm holding you close in prayer every day.
Every morning before going into work I pause and look, not just with my eyes, but my heart and soul at Lake Superior. It is my touchstone. I am glad you have something similar with the river. I hope that it will be ok with you that I add you, and your family, to my thoughts . If there can be a shared feeling of calm and peace and connect, then know I will be sending it with love to all of you.
Swanny