Life's Cycle

There is a cycle to life, a beginning and an ending. At least an ending to this earthly life. Today I received pictures of an infant who was born yesterday. His mother is a colleague at the Counseling Center, and we have prayed for her well being as well as the arrival of this beautifully innocent young child. He is full of enormous potential far beyond our imagination. Today I also received a phone call from a friend of many years to share that her mother, whom I have known fondly for fifty plus years, has entered Hospice and begun the ending of her beautiful and meaningful life. Indeed, there is a cycle for this process of living. It is a cycle of which we have minimal control. We can, however, accept and appreciate every season in life’s cycle.