cur-mud-geon:
anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner
I see the news about Elizabeth Edwards and about Tony Snow…and I wonder.
Why is it always the good gals and the good guys? Why, when there seems so little common sense, do we see that those who appear to have common sense are given shortened life spans? Wouldn’t each of us be able to think of another person whom we thought should’ve received “the call” before these people?
The truth is…none of us has any control over our mortal destiny. We are destined to be here for so long as we’re here; no more and no less. Even though it doesn’t seem fair…we are the not the judges of fair or foul.
So, maybe we should focus more on what it is that makes some seem less deserving of the ultimate fate than others.
Some thoughts on that subject:
Their glass was always at least half full and never half empty.
They always managed to find a silver lining behind even the biggest, ugliest cloud.
They always had a smile and a pleasant greeting for us when we saw them…no matter what they had endured during that particular day.
They always made us feel special, even if we were so busy feeling special that we didn’t reciprocate.
They seemed to walk in a special light, to carry themselves in a special way, to always manifest a feeling of goodness in us for simply having seen them.
The good guys and good gals are special people. What makes them that special is subject to conjecture, but we know one thing for sure…when we lose one of the special ones…we feel a sense of great loss.
This must be the work of a being greater than anything we can imagine; a being that wishes only the very best for each of us whether we are deserving or undeserving. This must be the way in which we’re each helped to see the greater purpose of this life and imagine what we could do if we set our minds to noble tasks.
