quote | afraid to die?

Am I afraid to die? I am every time I let myself be seduced by the noisy voices in my world telling me that my ‘little life’ is all I have and advising me to cling to it with all my might. But when I let these voices move to the background of my life and listen to that small soft voice calling me the Beloved, I know that there is nothing to fear and that dying is the greatest act of love, the act that leads me into the eternal embrace of my God whose love is everlasting.
-Henri J. M. Nouwen

saying goodbye.

this morning, i realized one thing that's hard about saying goodbye to someone: it's closing all doors to the possibilities of creating life with that person.

death is a deeply saddening and perspective-shaping process. i am feeling so very humbled by it.