Peace and Light
Lovies!!
During this time of hustling around preparing for the holidays - spending money and planning to get all my little chick-a-
dees to the dinner table for Christmas, hubby and I took time out to go and visit a dear friends The Hanks.
Pulling into the driveway, we admired the Christmas decor which was a complex combination of classy greens, reds, golds with a strong
afro-centric presence. We rang the doorbell and our friend greeted us with a huge smile and hugs with his frail arms. I was shocked and shaken by his obvious dramatic weight loss and immediately became concerned that our visit may be too much for him. So, being the planner-ahead that I am, I quickly started to think of how to shorten the visit so not to over exasperate our beloved friend. Then a funny thing happened, I looked into his face and the light that radiated from his eyes and smile melted away all of the anxiety I felt at that moment.
We sat in this warm beautiful home, by the fireplace talking about kids, life, marriage, Tiger, Michael, Barack, his experiences at the
Inauguration, civil rights, civil wrongs and civil liberties. The beauty of this visit was that this man, while having an obvious battle with cancer was more interested in what was going on in the lives of his family, his friends and his community than what was going on with him personally. Life truly has a funny way of working things out because this trip was meant to check in on our friend whom we love and show him some love. This trip turned out to be a lesson for US in how to live, love, survive and thrive. I watched in awe as our very tall thin friend wandered into the kitchen to make himself some herbal tea. His wife constantly offered to do it for him but he insisted upon doing it himself never breaking from our constant flow of conversations.
Most of you know that I had been down sick for about 14 days. During that time, I slept a lot and waited for the day when I could really get out and about. I had never had a simple cold take me down like that but, I learned a strong lesson about what it really means to be 'down but not out' during this visit. Our friend has had several surgeries over the last 2 years, yet he has remained strong, mentally sharp and full of faith. He and his lovely wife taught us yesterday the valuable lesson of positive thinking and the value of positive friends. I won't say that he was in better spirits when we left or that our visit was a blessing to him
ya'll know those cliche's we use when we visit sick people. In this situation none of those apply because he brought love, light and positive energy to us the minute he opened the door to his home. As we pulled out of their driveway, I felt refreshed, renewed and ready to get up and do something. I told my hubby that I felt so blessed to have been in the company of such powerfully positive people.
Time to do a systems check
lovies:
Check your focus and all of your internal light bulbs. If any of your internal lights our out, change the bulbs immediately. Check your outlets and see if any of them are in need of repair. Are you losing energy anywhere? Has someone tapped into your power supply without your permission?
Sounds kind of crazy, but last night we learned the value of even exchanges among friends who love each other. See, we went to bless a friend by our presence during a complex time for him - instead of leaving feeling exhausted, we felt like we could conquer the world. His presence filled both of us with the desire to re-evaluate our lives, goals, direction, face down challenges, etc.
I encourage you all to check your power sources and make sure you are go or no-go for launch (a little Apollo 13 talk).
Fight on Larry - we are with you!!
Peace and Light!!
