Too Much Life
John Lennon was shot to death at the age of 40.
That will never not make me feel a twinge of sadness, and I think of one of his most famous lines:
“Life is what happens when you’re making other plans.”
I went to a wake, a funeral and a hospital this week. Heart hurting for good friends. One who died, one who lost a beautiful wife and a really good friend who is battling some serious health issues.
“What’s my blood pressure?” He asked me as I stood at his hospital bed.
I read it to him.
“What’s that number under it?” He asked. “31. It says 31. What’s that?”
“They’re measuring Your I.Q.,” I said.
He laughed. It hurt him to laugh.
“Get out!” He said. “Why do you have to make me laugh?”
I thought about that a lot after I left him.
All the laughs...
...with a lot of people through the years.
And a strange thing happened to me this week.
I sent out a bunch of “I love you, friend,” texts.
Said the same to my family.
“If I end up face down in a plate of linguine and clam sauce. I want you to know,” I said.
One good friend wrote back:
“Dude, that’s a likely scenario!”
I laughed.
Feels good to laugh.
Try it.
“Everything I Know” about life can fit into a thimble!
Love you!
You know who you are!
That will never not make me feel a twinge of sadness, and I think of one of his most famous lines:
“Life is what happens when you’re making other plans.”
I went to a wake, a funeral and a hospital this week. Heart hurting for good friends. One who died, one who lost a beautiful wife and a really good friend who is battling some serious health issues.
“What’s my blood pressure?” He asked me as I stood at his hospital bed.
I read it to him.
“What’s that number under it?” He asked. “31. It says 31. What’s that?”
“They’re measuring Your I.Q.,” I said.
He laughed. It hurt him to laugh.
“Get out!” He said. “Why do you have to make me laugh?”
I thought about that a lot after I left him.
All the laughs...
...with a lot of people through the years.
And a strange thing happened to me this week.
I sent out a bunch of “I love you, friend,” texts.
Said the same to my family.
“If I end up face down in a plate of linguine and clam sauce. I want you to know,” I said.
One good friend wrote back:
“Dude, that’s a likely scenario!”
I laughed.
Feels good to laugh.
Try it.
“Everything I Know” about life can fit into a thimble!
Love you!
You know who you are!
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