Find your center as you move into the New Year with this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Life and Death", by Mary F. Lenox.

Life and Death, by Mary F. Lenox

On the day of our birth, 

We begin our journey toward death

Needless to say,

Every living being on this planet today

 will not be here in 120 years.

That’s twelve decades from now 

Most will be gone sooner

I certainly will

So, what does that mean?

Time matters!

Each day is a gift from the divine

The cells of the body are in continuous cycles of hello and goodbye

People come and go in our lives

The world we inhabit is changing before our very eyes

If I live 20 more years, I will be approaching my 100^th birthday

I know not the day or hour

When I will leave this earthly plane

Nor do others

The answer is clear to me

Love

Now!

Celebrate life 

Now!

Smile at trees, birds, and the sea

Now!

Love beauty

Now!

Love Music

Now!

Let go of anything that does enhance my life

Now!

Speak the truth with an open heart

Now!

Honor, respect, and care for my body, mind, spirit, emotions

Now!

Be grateful

Now!

Respect all life

Now!

Love me, and you

Now!

Love God

Now!

Life and Death by Mary F. Lenox

(San Diego, CA)

Note from poet Mary Lenox.

This poem is significant to me since my sister, Doris Washington, passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2024. She was 86 years. Doris and I talked on Saturday, and my other sister, Trueannie Oaddams, talked with Doris on Sunday morning as they did every day for 20 years. Soon thereafter, Doris left this world, sitting in her favorite chair. Please keep me and my beloved family in your prayers.

Thank you!

-Mary

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