Talk to me. Share a few queries and worries,you have nothing to lose but the weight in your chest:)

Well someone shared, and it surely warmed my heart!  Gary....you will be forever remembered for being the courageous one to take the first step forward.  Following is Gary so kindly wrote to me:

"Well, Gabby...kind of you to offer...I too, have been through a few tribulations, being 73 and a surviving stuntman from motion pictures. (go to Garykentfilmmaker.com for more info on this very old soul).

Am cutting it short today, as my great, good friend Gary Graver has just passed away. (Garygraver.com). The world will be a little emptier without him...a little less colorful and funny!

Anyway...your blog is a hoot. Keep sending out those good vibes...

Hugs from Gary, the Gar Bear".

Death.

What does it mean to you? How does it affect you? Does it affect  you?  Can you remember the first time you experienced death?

 

Elegys, eulogies, epitaphs, monuments and memorials. Some leave us suddenly, some leave unexpectedly.  Some leave knowingly, some leave obliviously...but leave us, they all do.

To me, death means life. Nothing but death gives you that ineffible realization that YOU are alive.  In its ironic way, death celebrates life.  Gary, your friend's death pays tribute to those 'colorful and funny' days of his life.  I believe that when someone you love dealy passes away, he or she passes on their spirit of living on to their beloved.  For instance, if I were to pass away, I would want my loved ones to live life with even more zest than ever, I want to forward my livelihood to my loved ones.

I experienced my first death at the age of six.  My great grandmother with whom I was specially attached to had died in front of my eyes.  She died with a smile on her lips, she was serenely beautiful even then.  I still remember the words she spoke to my mom about me.  Every time I think of her, I get courage and I put a smile on to my face, and live on.  I believe that if you really love someone, the best gift you can ever give them is to live for them, when they themselves cannot.

Gary, the world is not emptier.  His presense lives on, you and I are living for him.  If he made films, he loved life.  He loved life so much, he captured a few moments of that life on to a film, so those moments could become immortalized.  The world doesn't sound empty to me. 

If you are a stuntman Gary, YOU my friend are very courageous as well.  Remember him well.

 

Here is one of my very favorite poem for you. May you live to see another 73 years *hugs from Gabby*

 

 

Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day.
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.

 

~ Christina Rossetti

 

 

 

Now that I have your attention....Hello to every poor soul out there who is suffering from some kind of problem and has no one to turn to for advice.  Well!  Worry no more! Your guardian angel is not here (I have arthiritis, therefore cannot stand guard, nothing personal) but I AM! Tell me of your woes, come you lovesick puppies, you abused and reabused children of men and beasts and let me show you the way.  It may not be TAO but it is A way. I may not hold any degrees, but trust me when I say this, I have gone through enough shit in life to be certified to hold this forum.  So come, and share your problem, and I promise to gab away at you!

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