Bereavement
Related: About this forumRecently lost a lovely friend...In Loving Memories
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As every blossom fades,
and all youth sinks into old age,
so every lifes design, each flower of wisdom,
attains its prime and cannot last forever
The heart must submit itself courageously
to lifes call without a hint of grief,
a magic dwells in each beginning,
protecting us, telling us how to live
High purposed we shall traverse
realm on realm,
cleaving to none as to a home,
the world of spirit wishes not to fetter us
But raise us higher, step by step.
scarce in some safe accustomed sphere of life
have we establish a house , then we grow lax;
only he who is ready to journey forth
can throw old habits off
Maybe deaths hour too will send
us out new-born
towards undreamed lands
Maybe lifes call to us will never find an end
Courage my heart, take leave and fare thee well
Hermann Hesse
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)pbmus
(12,422 posts)cp
(6,655 posts)My favorite poem, although a different translation. Lovely memorial.
kozar
(2,130 posts)that we are going through as my Father in-law passed at 94 years old,, we pray for him obviously and we also pray for folks who are in the initial phase of loss,,, we feel for you
Koz
BootinUp
(47,186 posts)Sorry for your loss.
Karadeniz
(22,572 posts)I love the lines about the magic we're born with, which instructs us. That's a wonderful description of the soul.
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,438 posts)Paz.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)May your friend's name be remembered as a blessing.