“Friendship is one soul dwelling in two bodies.” ~Aristotle
Loving my friends is part of my being, just as my blood flows; my breath sustains me; and my heart beats, etc. It is what it is. And sometimes friendships end. Death and personal choices sometime sever a connection forever. With each ending a heart shatters and sadness penetrates one’s being. Losing someone we love literally takes our breath away.
We have all experienced loss yet with each loss, I am never certain how I will heal from my loss. How can one survive the pain? Loneliness quite literally shatters my being; darkness shadows my essence.
This year has been full of loss. I have lost people that I love. I have had to say good-bye and to move forward and find my sunny disposition while darkness shattered my essence.
In Hebrew, the word for neshama is often translated as soul and sometimes translated as breath. With each loss of a soul friend, I literally lose my breath.
I see my closest friends as puzzle pieces that make me feel so much more whole as a human being when when we are connected. Yet sometimes we lose those that we feel most completely connected to. A knife can enter us and drain us of our derekh (path) for a period of time. Again, it is what it is. Somehow we find the power within ourselves to heal, to move forward.
While the pain feels insurmountable, I am blessed with one realization that will sustain me until the end of time.
Don’t cry because it is over. Smile because it happened.
~Dr. Seuss
May we all find the blessings in our beloved friends even when they are no more a part of our lives.
