Perspective is a BTCH

Wow!

Its been a crazy crazy day - week - couple of weeks.

Its easy to be s0 blinded by our day to day challenges that the proverbial 'big picture' goes unnoticed. So to complain of rising gas and food prices - (how much for a loaf a bread again?), to cuss after that damn truck driver that just pulled over in front of me -badly, (both the driving and the cussing), to lament the challenges of maintaining a superhuman work schedule (voluntarily- what am I? sadistic?), is to - too often - forget the fact of life - that it is, that we have it, and we have control over it (well most aspects anyway).

Perspective comes unasked, a reverse zoom lens like none other, that whisks us out of the current sphere of 'importance', out of the picture, and places us squarely behind the camera looking through the lens with one eye, and keeping the other open still, to see the world that exists beyond the frame.

Perspective is a friend's brother - passing from a simple asthma attack her world overturned.

Perspective is a colleagues's son - passing from a simple asthma attack, his life shattered

Perspective is a schoolmates husband - murdured two days ago, how to move on?

Perspective is a magnificent principal, teacher, role model, dead from a massive heart attack.

Perspective is a friend, kind, good, gentle, gentleman, making his way from this world to the next in his own time, but not of his choice, with hundreds of hearts, hurting, watching, grieving as he goes.

Perspective is a bitch!

Because only a woman can wring this much pain out of someone's heart in order to teach them a lesson. Thats something we do well - men dont have the passion or the patience.

So with things in perspective

RIP Mr. Mayers

RIP Mr. Bryan

RIP Mr. Martin

RIP Sister Stephanie

Dego - We will always remember you. Love you.


Life is beautiful - all else pales when we have it, it is beautiful.

Love you - all