Your Life is a Tapestry

Everyone needs a little dose of sappy sentimentalism now and then. (That goes for you too, Mark Bigger!) Here ya go.

Recently I was reflecting on an acquaintance I had in Virginia. "She is such a great person," I thought. Yet I only knew her for a short interlude and only saw her probably five times in my life! As my thoughts continued to wander, I remembered an elderly lady I stayed with when I was visiting the Bay Area, a long time ago. She was such a dear woman. Exuberant. Full of sweetness and love. As I was leaving her home, after a delightful stay, she patted me on the shoulder and said, "Well, I’ll probably never see you again here on earth, but that’s okay. As Francis Schaeffer said, ‘Our lives are like a tapestry.’" What she meant by this statement: There are a lot of people in life that we only meet for a second. Or we only know them for a short time. But our lives are not only influenced by those we know for years but also by those we know for mere moments. Every life touches other lives and leaves impressions - whether good or bad. Even though I only knew this acquaintance in Virginia for a short time, she left a "thread" in the tapestry of my life. It will be there forever. The more we experience life and meet people, read books, etc., the more colorful and intricate our tapestries will become.

Thank you to all of you out there who are part of My Life Tapestry.

(And might I take this moment to also acknowledge you strangers out there who may have found me through a Google search. Actually, someone came up to me the other day at a business meeting and told me they found my blog through Google. Better be careful what incriminating things I say on here!) ;-)