Spread the message, and be one together

A few days ago, I wrote about the message a friend wrote on her blog just a few days before she passed away.  Her message was powerful, inspiring and one of deep love of people and happiness. She wished for all to make this a better world.

Tonight, I learned of the passing of a good friends brother.  I did not know Bjorn's brother, but I could sense what a special person he was through the heartache I felt in Bjorn's messages and post.  Specifically, this post is about the message Bjorn wrote after his brother's passing.  With his permission, I'm sharing it with you.  I hope you are able to take time to reflect and then take action to help make this world a better place to live, while we have the opportunity, one act at a time.

From Bjorn's Facebook post, September 6th....

I have lost my beloved brother…

Through grief and pain, there is joyful remembrance. We were blessed with time for sharing memories, tears, laughs, love, thanks, hugs and goodbyes. Family and friendships, distant and close, connected in ways we could have never imagined…

This morning I enjoyed a most amazing sunrise and sparkling presence in the Rocky Mountain wilderness, and I was one with life... and spirit.

I now take a moment to express my appreciation and love to friends here on FB! Let’s live life well! Let’s love, laugh, do good things, and have a great time together while we can. Look around you and you are sure to find endless opportunity for friendship, synergy and love. In the end, that’s what it’s all about my friend.

Brother and sister, come walk with me. Spread the message, and be one together. Let’s make this incredible world of ours the best it can be!

Thank you!


Swedish:

Jag har förlorat min käre broder…

Genom sorg och smärta, finner jag god ihågkomst. Vi var välsignade med tid för att dela minnen, tårar, skratt, kärlek, tack, kramar och farväl. Familj och vänner, när och fjärran, kopplades samman på sätt som vi aldrig kunnat drömma om...

Denna morgon fick jag uppleva den mest fantastiska soluppgång och sprudlande närvaro i Rocky Mountain vildmark, och jag var ett med liv och ande.

Nu tar jag ett ögonblick att uttrycka min tacksamhet och kärlek till vänner här på FB! Låt oss leva livet väl! Låt oss älska, skratta, göra goda ting, och ha det gott tillsammans medan vi kan. Se dig omkring, och du kommer finna oändliga möjligheter till vänskap, helhet och kärlek. I slutet, så är det just vad det handlar om min gode vän.

Broder och syster, kom gå med mig. Sprid meddelandet, och bli ett tillsammans. Låt oss forma denna vår otroliga värld vi lever i till det bästa den kan vara!

Tack!

I urge you do walk with Bjorn and I; make a concious decision each day to do something different that you might have in the past...  try little random acts of kindness and we'll all be in a better place.

Taking a minute for me... Wow!

I can't remember the last time I just took some time for me. Sitting back, not doing anything special... Drinking coffee (which I could stand to quit drinking) and having a bowl of soup. Not that Panera Bread is a bad place, it's not, but sitting on a deck overlooking a fresh water lake seems like it would be nicer.

The cool thing about being at Panera is many fold. Tyler worked here before leaving for colege... They loved him. He did a great job and was recognized for it many times. He received many Panera bucks while receiving the pats on the back. Since the bucks were only good in the New England stores, dad became the receipent. Tonight, Travis is working... and more or less cooked dinner for me. Using Tyler's Panera bucks, he bought dinner for me. This is the way it should be.

Well, almost, would be better not sitting here alone... but all is good.  Not sure what I like best...  the cherry pasty in the picture or lightly toasted cinnimon crunch bagles with butter....  yuuummmmmmmm.

Heading off into the next chapter...

This has been quite a week..  busy in every aspect.  Tyler has left for college!  Where has the time gone?  Being busy began while car shopping with him.  Typical car shopping experience...  oh come visit us so we can test drive and talk.  What amazed me was the unwillingness of the dealers to negotiate.  In some cases, they had brand new 2011 and 2012 vehicles sitting next to each other and wanted full sticker on both.  Tried telling us there was no difference.  Well Curry; Balise and the others we visited and test drove, you all lost a sale.

Tyler is very happy with his Nissan Versa.  The hardest point for me was him driving out on Saturday morning on his way to college.  Maybe seeing him miss the driveway and drive out across the lawn made me wonder if he had enough driving experience to drive to Georgia!!!  Actually, he drove right up to the front door to load his loot, not unheard of around here to shorten the number of steps we need to take to get to the car.  He's actually on his way to Maryland for a few days with his brother and mother.  Later this week he and his mother will drive to Savannah and get him moved into his new digs for the next 4 years (minus vacation time).  He's wanted to study 3D animation for as long as I can remember.  I always thought he wanted to work on Toy Story 4...  but I guess he really wants to work on new projects.  Best of luck Tyler on reaching for the stars. (Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks - take note of him...  he's good and will need an outstanding job at the end of 4 years to pay off his college mortgage).

Sad Day... Happy Day... Good Ending

Today was one of those days.  Started out on a sad note as I attended Heidi's funeral.  Very touching service... I could only wish so many people would attend my services after my demise. Very emotional messages as one would expect, some crying, some laughter as we celebrated the memory of Heidi.  I thought it was especially touching when a female funeral director came forward to read a message from Heidi's husband David, who is deaf.  I don't think there was a dry eye in the house as even she broke down.

There were emotions in the middle of the day, but completely different.  Frustration, contempt, dismay, wrongdoing, incompetence, fraud, deceitful and a handful of other terms come to mind.  It is hard to be among a group of good people doing what they should be yet be infiltrated with people of the kind I was first thinking.  I hate being a part of that!

Then things turned better.  I hooked up with my son who has been stressing out because I have not been doing the things he has hoped for in the time frame he wanted.  I understand that...  I'm trying to be better.  The important thing is that we jot the job done today and got him a new, well, almost new car.  He was smiling from ear to ear.  We had an appointment with Rosaleen at UMass Five College Federal Credit Union at 4:00... she leaves for the day at 4:30.  After getting hing up at the office, we got there at 4:20.  Bless you Rosaleen for staying late and taking care of things for Tyler.  You are the best.  I know I can say that because she does it time after time... I know from personal experience.  Got to Nicky D's by 5:30 and Tyler paid for his car.  Now he is waiting until tomorrow afternoon...  I hope they had it ready for him.  Tomorrow will be a good day for him!

The day is coming to a close on yet another happy note as we close out the Scentsy Spring/Summer catalog for 2011.  It was nice helping 3 new people get there orders in before the midnight deadline!  WooHoo!  Great month.  Did not quite reach the goal of $2,000 in sales, but tripled the sponsoring goal.  Sales are for today, sponsoring is for life.  I'm happy and the end of the tunnel is getting closer for the next magical ride.  Come join me!