This has been a tough summer for my peers who have suddenly had their sunset thrust upon them too early. Yes - my age bracket (50+) is playing on the back nine, but there are still more holes to play before that final putt into darkness. Several of our classmates have fallen this summer. This is in contrast to a couple of summers ago when it was a happy summer - the summer of the boy where we had 3 boys born into the family within about 2 months of each other. This is a somber summer where instead of new life beginning - lives are being taken before their time.
Cancer seems to be the worst culprit. Slowly and painfully chewing the life out of people. No quick ends, I guess that you do get to say good bye to those you love and make amends, but it seems like such a tortuous way to go. But some have gone fast, too fast for any last words for your loved ones. And with this wave hitting, 5 that we know of so far and the summer is not over. It makes it hard to think that this is part of getting older - saying good bye to classmates and relatives. And realizing that the next Memorial Service you go to could be your last - your own!
And all this against a backdrop of the mass shootings in Europe and the US. It puts a person into a funk. You start to get numb to it all. But it also makes you think of your own sunset, which we all hope doesn't come for a long, long while. And we need to think to ourselves - that if we all live a righteous life and make those around you better then your sunset will be golden however and whenever you go.
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