P is for Perspective...for Dreambaby

Dreambaby, "P" was the perfect letter to post your update, as the letter initiates so many words that suit the situation perfectly. I hope I'm not being presumptious, but I was moved by your post to put a few thoughts together.

By now y'all know I don't have a problem getting serious when the situation calls for it. You may not know how emotional I am, and I'll tell you, that regardless of the brevity of my acquaintence with Dreambaby, I shed more than a few tears at reading the confirmation of what I'd suspected. I happened to chat briefly with Scott Lee after he'd gotten word and while he kept those cards close to his chest, from time to time I can be perceptive and it hurts my heart that in this case I was right.

So there's a "P"...Perception. Close cousin to Perspective. When you've faced mortality, whether your own of that of a loved one, it gives you new levels of both. Does this diagnosis make Lit and PQ any less important? No...it just puts it in perspective. Because you see...life's too short not to live it...and it's too long not to live it. So go ahead and play...yet another "P". In my opinion, it's not disrespectful, it's essential. What's important in life? The answer is different for each of us, but one thing remains constant...our need to connect with other people and to play. Life is precious...so are all of you.

And then there's Prayer. I belief in the Power of prayer and the joining of hearts and spirits for a common cause. Finally...there's that elusive "P", Peace. Above all else, I pray for Dreambaby and family to find peace, regardless of the situation.

Oh yes...it also brings to mind a favorite poem , translated from the Sanskrit:

Look to this day:
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of your existence.
The bliss of growth,
The glory of action,
The splendour of achievement
Are but experiences of time.

For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision;
And today well-lived, makes
Yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day;
Such is the salutation to the ever-new dawn!



(A Texas Sunrise)