Loss as Access to Love - Episode 168
Loss as Access to Love
Right now we're actually in a series on love and lots of different ways of looking at access to love. This particular episode is entitled "Loss as Access to Love".
For some of you who have been with me for a while, welcome back, and for others of you who are new, welcome for the first time. It's great to have you.
We know that we learn from the stories and the life experiences of others. I got inspired to set this podcast up early in the Covid years, as a way to share stories from my life.
And as one of the elders in our community, share some of my life experiences because there are things that we learn, and there's wisdom that we glean over the years. If we can find a way to share that, others can be impacted in a positive way. And perhaps that impact will allow them or you to see something you haven't seen before and learn something new about yourself and moving you along on your own journey.
Journey Together
One of the most inspiring things to me is being able to be a part of other people's journeys and have people be a part of my journey because I actually believe we're all on this journey together.
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Missing Them
So this particular episode was inspired by a notice that we got recently of a dear friend discovering that she was in stage four of cancer and getting ready to start treatment.
So what I noticed, and what came up for me, was that all of the other people who are younger than I am, who I actually thought I would grow old with, and that we would continue to experience the rest of our lives together, and for whatever reason their lives were cut short, I find myself missing them.
I miss them and from time to time think about them and the impact that they did have on my life. I think about the impact I was hoping we'd continue to have on one another's lives. And the same is true of this beautiful friend. She is somebody who I'm hoping, as I pray for her, that we'll be able to grow old together and share in one another's lives.
Loving Others
What I realized was when there is this realness of a potential loss there is so much love that surfaces. And while it's kind of a shame that sometimes we don't know what we have until we lose it, I think it's a good reminder for all of us to love what we have.
It is a reminder to keep our attention on the blessings, the beauty, the friendships, the golden moments, and the precious times that we share and to appreciate them in the here and the now which is actually all we ever have.
Because we never know when this life or someone else's life might come to an abrupt end. So this week, let's use this as a reminder. Let's love the ones we're with and let's make sure that they know how loved they are, and that we love them. Okay?
Take that on like your life depended on it because in so many ways it does, and I'll see you again next week.