Our Teal Sisters

Have you ever had to delete a contact from your email contact list because that person had died?

I have recently deleted 2 contact names in the last 2 months.  We lost 2 lovely women in our community.  I knew them as people with generous hearts and courage.  I heard their stories and felt badly when there was no longer any more treatments for them.

This is what many of us fear the most.  These are the clouds that hang over our heads but we must look forward and live life.  I don't believe that dwelling on the worst is good for the soul or body.  So this is why we must keep our faces to the sun so we cannot see the shadows.

Barter

Life has loveliness to sell,
All beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff,
Soaring fire that sways and sings,
And children's faces looking up
Holding wonder like a cup.

Life has loveliness to sell,
Music like a curve of gold,
Scent of pine trees in the rain,
Eyes that love you, arms that hold,
And for your spirit's still delight,
Holy thoughts that star the night.

Spend all you have for loveliness,
Buy it and never count the cost;
For one white singing hour of peace
Count many a year of strife well lost,
And for a breath of ecstasy
Give all you have been, or could be.

Sara Teasdale

Source: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/barter-by-sara-teasdale#ixzz3m0EG8zCI
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