This week a bad thing happened....in my life, and in the lives of many of my friends and co-workers. A good man, a hard working, family oriented, church going man died. He was a man who made a contribution to the world. He spent more time than I would have imagined talking to me about religion and although he ultimately wasn't successful in convincing me we had important conversations about life, family, god, death and many other things. I have so much respect for how hard he tried to positively influence me in what he felt was the right direction.
The last few days I (and I suspect many others) have done some real soul searching. I've laid in bed a good portion of the recent nights staring at the ceiling. Here's what I think: I need to take my life and myself a lot less seriously. I need to make more effort in my relationships and have more important, intimate conversations. I should know the people in my life beyond the surface stuff. I need to slow my life down. It saddens me how quickly after hearing the news at home and at work we were forced to plow on with our lives and meet our obligations. I need to spend more time alone thinking. There should be time in life other than when I'm supposed to be sleeping when I can think about the really important things in life. Most importantly I need to teach these lessons to my children.
Larry I promise my life will change because of you. I promise I will be a better person in the world, with my family and most importantly to myself because of you. Rest in peace brother.
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