Life and Times

The long silver strands of our lives branch out and touch each other's lives. It is sometimes surprising where our roots find fertile ground and flourish. Yet all our growth can be bounded or unbounded. We can see beginnings and endings. We can limit our growth within boundaries, within walls and borders. Yet we should seek opportunity. Where there is no fertile ground or ground that bears only tears and sorrow, we do seek new life where we may flourish again. Sometimes this brings new growth, sometimes this brings an echo of former glory, and sometimes this brings an unexpected beauty. We should not shy away. Where our silver lines have been blunted by sadness and loss. That is not an end. That is an opportunity and a challenge. We must fill that void to touch and support others. For not everyone may know what we know, the places we have seen and what was there unless we show them.