Appreciating the small things

This has been a bad year so far; loosing three of four friends who were diagnosed with cancer. When you lose so many so fast it really leaves large holes in your heart so this takes time to heal. (I have a much better appreciation for all those who lost so many in the AIDS crisis in North America). But slowly a kind of healing does come as one realizes these passages are part of the continuum of life. (our society is so focussed on the concept of "immortality", i.e., aging doesn't exist!) As we Baby Boomers age, more and more of us will fall. Learning the appeciate the smaller things in life--a sunny day, a purring cat, a good deed--come into greater focus.