ENDINGS

A neighbor of ours died recently…unloved, old and all alone. She was found, by a person walking his dog, in the doorway of her home. She was a little bit crazy which made her angry, abusive, and mean with no-one to say goodbye or mourn her…it was the saddest ending I’ve ever seen. But the world is filled with sad endings isn’t it? People dying of starvation, disease, abuse, natural disasters, the bullets and bombs of war… Some children die who aren’t even old enough to understand what they are dying for! And when it comes to our partners, our family, our children, our grandchildren…our friends… It will always be difficult to find happiness when life comes to and end. In a way we are programed for happy endings aren’t we? In our Fairy Tales, our books, our movies, our stories on TV. I wonder…knowing in real life…every ending will have its share of sorrow will be accompanied by it’s share of tears… If that’s the reason we love experiencing happy endings as we grow older through the years. When you think about it…when we find love and love find us.. for the duration it’s like a cloud we’re floating on… and how can we not be sad…when the person sharing our cloud…is gone? It’s inevitable when we love our partners, our children our grandchildren our friends, our pets our Mom’s and Dad’s that the same love that fills our hearts with so much happiness… when there is an ending…makes us sad. We will feel heartbroken, lonely, depressed, and we will always feel sad after losing a person who helped make our dreams come true… even dreams we never knew we had. It’s ironic isn’t it…how love can be so wonderful while at the same time so heartrending… that the happier a life we share with someone…the sadder is the ending. I hope that everyone who dies…from the youngest to the oldest… while they are alive will find love and happiness…and home… So no one else will ever have to die again…unloved…and all alone.