My blog entries are now few and far between - my "medical adventure" is no longer the primary focus of my life. What a wonderful threshold to cross! Now my focus is getting back to "what is mine to do while I am here." There's a beautiful song by John Astin, "Why have you come to Earth? Do you remember? Why have you taken birth? Why have you come? To Love, Serve, and Remember." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41wffU0GN-c. I'm deeply in that process of discerning my unique gift to Life, and getting on with the giving of that gift to the world.
My medical update: I was back with my angels at Duke Brain Tumor Center two months ago and had my routine 6 month MRI with my now routine, but never taken for granted, clear results, and even continuing improvement of the scar tissue around the excision margins.
This is special time in the human-Earth story. Joanna Macy calls it "The Great Turning," and describes it as, "the essential adventure of our time: the shift from the Industrial Growth Society to a life-sustaining civilization." www.ecoliteracy.org/essays/great-turning. May I, may you, may we find our place in this epic adventure. Here are two quotes from Frederick Buechner that inspire me deeply, and I hope they inspire you too: “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep need meet.” “One life on this earth is all that we get, whether it is enough or not enough, and the obvious conclusion would seem to be that at the very least we are fools if we do not live it as fully and bravely and beautifully as we can.” I invite you to unwrap the package of the gifts you came here to share, and live fully, bravely, and beautifully.
Love, Blessings, & Blue Skies - Rich
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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