Tonight, I cradled my dying grandmother in my arms and felt so totally at peace. So grateful that her whole entire life will end in the arms of loved ones.
Tonight, I laughed with my sisters over the madness of my week.
I'm setting fire to the rain.... listening over and over to the popular song by Adele that just moves my spirit so high....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlsBObg-1BQ
And I am embracing "joie de vivre"....
Joie de vivre (French pronunciation: [ʒwa də vivʁ], joy of living) is a French phrase often used in English to express a cheerful enjoyment of life; an exultation of spirit. Joie de vivre "can be a joy of conversation, joy of eating, joy of anything one might do… And joie de vivre may be seen as a joy of everything, a comprehensive joy, a philosophy of life, a Weltanschauung. Robert's Dictionnaire says joie is sentiment exaltant ressenti par toute la conscience, that is, involves one's whole being."[1]
This week... I have laughed and I have sobbed... and become even more convinced that there is nothing in this world that matters more than love. No money, no things, no rain, no distance, no pain, no resentment, no loneliness, nothing matters more than love. May love set fire to my life.... may a wildfire spread throughout the world.... may love set fire to the rain.....
I'm crying too hard to see the screen anymore...
Aloha,
Emily
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