Be Like A Tree

"I would like to believe when I die that I have given myself away like a tree that sows seed every spring and never counts the loss, because it is not loss, it is adding to future life. It is the tree's way of being. Strongly rooted perhaps, but spilling out its treasure on the wind." - May Sarton, poet and novelist

This is beautiful.  I want to be the kind of person who adds to future life.  In order to keep what I have, I need to give it away.  I know this is confusing to some, but it's the only way I know how to live nowadays. It seems as if I get back much more than I give.  I'm told this is how the universe works.  I like that!

I know that life can change in a split second.  Two friends of mine lost their lives unexpectedly in the past two weeks - one in a motorcycle accident and one who got a staph infection and was unable to recover.  They were very young and they're gone forever.  But they taught me something very important.  They both gave of themselves and loved all who came to know them.  They "spilled out" their own personal treasures and I want to do the same.

So, I will continue to give back to others in order to keep the blessings I've had bestowed upon me.  I will not count loss.  It's not all about me today.  Today it's about others.  That's the way my friends lived their lives so I will continue to carry on what they started.  Rest in peace Glen and Jimmy.