life's eternal rhyme

How very special are we

We're just a moment to be

Part of life's eternal rhyme...

[from the movie, Charlotte's Web]

I've been thinking a lot lately. About life and death. About new beginings and past things. I think these thoughts stem mostly from the dealings I've had with patients dying over the last couple of weeks at work. It's something I can never seem to get used to, no matter how often it happens. It sounds morbid and morose even to my own ears, but standing next to and observing the mortal coil which is the human body makes you think about such things. This vessel that is so weak and frail houses so temporarily a most valuable tenant: the soul. You live for a brief moment in time and then, utter and complete stillness. A beautiful stillness that brings with it imeasurable amounts of grief. A strange physical eternal stillness, indeed... Eerie, at least.

All this to say, is that I'm learning slowly about the value of life and how I shouldn't be taking it for granted. La vie mérite d'être valorisée. Fabuleux destin, que de vivre brièvement la vie avant de basculer dans l'oubli.. May that not be the legacy I leave behind, once my life is over. Que ma vie puisse compter.. que chaque moment soit, pour moi, vécu pleinement. May I learn the love of life.

Tonight, I went to the park to play soccer with Gab for a bit around 11. It was so nice out. For some weird reason, all the streetlights around the park were darkened where they normally would all be lit up. However, as we neared the middle of the playing field, we realized that the lack of lights from the streets made it possible for us to see the northern lights dancing gloriously in the night sky, spanning across it in a blue frenzy. It was beautiful. Such singular moments are those that I want to strive to live for. To think that the God who created the heavens and earth who is the El Roi - the one who sees me, where I am - also allows lights to dance across the sky...