Daily Archives: April 2, 2012

An Arranged Affair of a Departed Soul

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Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there. ~Ray Bradbury

A traditional Catholic faith remains here.

An altar boy putting the final arrangements before a funeral Mass.

It doesn’t matter what you do, he said, so as long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that’s like you after you take your hands away. ~Ray Bradbury

The last procession to the burial ground where family and friends will be arranged standing around the coffin, speaking of  their sorrows and reluctantly sending their final good-bye wishes to the one that got called away.

Perhaps, in one of our spare moments, (haha) we should reflect on what arrangements we need to make before we kick-the-bucket and lighten the load of our loved ones we certainly don’t plan to leave behind on purpose, but, leaving, as we all know, will eventually become a reality for each one of us. Young or old, death comes at any age.
Simply be ready.

He that always waits upon God is ready whenever He calls. Neglect not to set your accounts even; he is a happy man who to lives as that death at all times may find him at leisure to die. ~Owen Feltham

How have you arranged  or would like to have your special affair arranged when the time comes to journey onto the next higher road?  

created especially for: Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged


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