So I saw a dead body on the freeway today.
No car accident or
anything like that, just a person laying on an on ramp half covered.
The wind blew part of the covering away. While the police chased the
wind to gather what was rightfully theirs I saw a lifeless head peering
from a tarp resting peacefully against the concrete.
I drove by
quickly and did not take a second glance. My rear view mirror fell off
a few days ago. Maybe it fell to prevent any second glance. Not that I
wanted to see it again anyway.
It reminded me of a this doll's head
I saw resting on a on ramp just days before. Both lifeless. Both gave
some one joy at one time. Both ended with neglect.
I came home. The
image has plagued my mind all evening. I am noticing things I don't
normally notice. Like the dust bunnies who have romped through the
meadow carpet of my room and have rested in the dark corners to welcome me
the other dust bunnies that will eventually join them.
And I thought, the answers to this life lie within our experience. So experience brings answers, yet causes new questions.
Contrast
was my second thought. Two extremes are always happening. Someone dies
at the exact same time some one is born. This week three people lost
family members, and three people gained new ones.
I climbed
a mountain this summer, I swam in the ocean, fought river currents,
picked up hitch hikers, had close encounters with humming birds,
mountain boarded down steep inclines, saw art that I never thought
possible,sailed lakes, heard music that rocked my soul, met people that
did the same, laughed with friends, cried with friends, bonded with
family, bonded with community, drank, prayed, ate, slept and loved in
more stories that I could ever write in. And this is all within the
last few months. I look ahead and see that the end is too far to see
but I know the dust bunnies are waiting.I feel the comfort they bring.
Even when they are far they seem to have a peaceful closeness, almost
telling me where I should go. When I get there I am sure they will
welcome me and we will share stories and it will be quite amazing.
Can't take a second glance in the rear view mirror though, but no
worries, I know now what not to look at. I know to turn away. I have
seen what I needed to see and now she may rest in peace. She made it to
the edge, the dust bunnies will take it from there. For me, the next
experience just lies around the corner.....
P.s. Live like today is your first day on earth.
