Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.
Charles C. Colton (1780-1832), English celegyman, gambler and author, books included Many Things in Few Words
| Daily Guidance: Bodily death is the penultimate form of physical Purification. |
Sad news has arrived from
While attending a New Year's Eve party, 27 year old William Jr. was stabbed in the neck, with a broken beer bottle. The jagged glass severed his jugular vein and windpipe. Nothing could be done for him in time. He bled to death in the arms of his cousins, leaving a pregnant wife and two small children behind. The police have his attacker in custody but that won't bring William, Jr. back I'm trying not to lose it, William told us when we talked by phone this afternoon. The funeral is this weekend. If we're going, we have to figure the logistics out right away. We had scheduled our first Sweat Lodge ceremony of the New Year for that same day. These events put my own troubles in perspective. I was feeling down while packing away the holdiay decorations and removing the dried out Christmas tree. The latest round of difficulties with my younger daughter came to a head while she's been on this vacation from school. I confronted her about the vomit filled trash can in her bedroom and the empty wine bottles from another party she had in the house without permission while we were away this week, taking her brother to a birthday party. Today she moved off the
I have sworn that I will never become an enabler of such behavior. I watched my mother enable my father for years. My daughter had taunted me about my idle threats, since I have backed down before, because I love her. This time I told her to get out. I will not tolerate such disrespectful behavior in this house. This place is a sanctuary, not some hang out where people come to get drunk and do drugs. All I want is peace and quiet. Why is that so difficult to have? I feel as if the enemy has invaded this sacred space. I do my best to provide a good example to my kids by not engaging in any of these negative behaviors. Why is my daughter indulging so compulsively? Ironically her departure amounts to a physical Purification for this house. I pray she chooses to purify her own body, soon. Until she is ready to change, and believe she deserves to make better Choices, we can hold a good dream for her here, and keep this place safe and clean, for her return. The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, so that they may endure life, Lucan, Roman poet, died in A.D. 65