Peace....Be Still my Soul.....

As I was busily shopping in Home Depot Friday night for a bathroom mirror, the biggest challenge of the moment to stay in the store as a couple, and not end up in a fight (over decisions) that would send me to the car, I see the Magalogo kids (now in their twenties) who abruptly shifted my entire perspective.

Their father now suffering in his final days on earth with cancer which has completely taken over his body, was hanging on until his sister could arrive from New Zealand to say her final good byes. They talked of their father's suffering so intense that no medication could ease the pain, and how each family member; at this point, just wanted him to go...die...leave this mortal torture. They; being Samoan, explained how their father had asked them all for permission to let him go...and At that moment, mirrors and home improvements seemed so trivial...so unimportant, as a dying man taught me the value of life, and the dignity in dieing with permission to go! The family's strength as they stood by their dieing father, touched my soul and lifted me to a new place where I could see much clearer...

The true meaning of life! Relationships,how we interact with each of them (the people in our lives). Love, Strength, Support, Dignity, Humility! These are the feelings that take us to a higher place and what we once thought was stressful, really isn't at all.

Today I woke up rested and ready for a peaceful, restful Sunday. Stayed home from church to take care of me. Hopefully with the same Love, Strength, Support, Dignity, and Humility I can touch another soul. For this weekend I found a place where perspective is looking at the entire big picture called life and from here the view is breath taking. From here I can see what matters most. Come see!

Grateful to be alive...to have a house with air conditioning, running water and a full frig of food, even in the midst of home improvements. But most grateful for a HOME...as... "Home is where the Heart is" and "A House is made of bricks and stone, but a Home is Made of Love alone." Make your house a Home....fill it with love by putting your heart and soul into it for "There is no Place like Home." PEACE...BE STILL MY SOUL!