I sometimes sit with, or say to others, “I just don’t know what life is all about”.
This was how I felt on Saturday. I had a smashing Friday evening with some great friends at a Christmas Dinner Dance where we laughed, clapped the winners, drank (well they drank!) and danced till our feet hurt. I got to bed at 2 a.m. feeling I was so lucky to be part of a wonderful evening and knowing such a good crowd of women.
The next morning I awoke to the news of the helicopter crash in Glasgow, where I grew up. The people in the pub had been enjoying themselves too – laughing, joking, drinking and listening to the wonderful music. It was the end of their working week and they too were enjoying letting go and being in good company.
Now some are dead (8) and some seriously injured. My heart weeps for the loss, the chaos and the bravery of ordinary human beings who were being extraordinary in helping one another. There is both the pain of the destruction of human life, and the tears of joy in seeing how people can rise to the occasion.
Today I still don’t know what it is all about except that I am so grateful to be part of, and connected to the resilience of the human spirit. I am saluting this in us all whatever is happening in our lives.
Let your tears flow too for the fact that you are alive!! You know, and can see how life can be taken away just like that.
Listen to my message – Do Not Settle for Second Best. Do something that you have always wanted to do. Go on, I dare you!
You only live once so make your life the very best you can, and be the best you can be. You are so worth it.
Love Irene x
