Just believe

     Another star was seen in the heavens, some would say that God opens a door and the light from eternity shines through allowing another soul to enter. As I look up this night, I say a prayer you are the one gaining entry and the light I see is your open door to eternal peace and happiness.

     There are a hundred clouds in the sky today. Some take the shapes of animals to welcome the worlds best friends to a field that never ends and a million games of fetch. Some clouds take the shape of faces that could maybe be the face of a loved one showing they are watching over us. Then there are the clouds that look like a stairway to the heavens, waiting for chosen souls to climb.

     There are many sights to see if you take time to look. Messages from the sky and from nature that can bring you peace during the darkest days. I once sat at the edge of a river watching the currents take sticks and other debris past me on its way to the end wherever that may be? One such piece of fallen branches still had leaves clinging to it that seemed to be waving goodbye as it passed me.

     Sitting on a cold park bench after a snowfall I noticed small footprints leading from the bench out into the dense forest. They were small in size, and the prints had toes, and I asked myself what a child would be doing in such weather in this place, and in the freezing snow? I followed the tiny prints that abruptly ended at a huge and ancient oak tree. As I looked further, I noticed a part of the trees bottom that resembled a cradle. Did the child wander away from the bench and grow tired and cold finding comfort in the tree?

     I believe that those who have passed sometimes come back to familiar places to leave reminders of themselves, not only for those they left behind but for any of us who believe all things are possible.

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