My very dear friend passed on on March 15, 2024. Her health was deteriorating from the wide spread of cancer cells in her body. She was becoming thinner and weaker. Other friends told me she already arranged for her funeral. And that day came when in a whatsapp group, she mentioned that her petscan results was better than before. We were all cheering for her. Then, in the evening, a message came that she was in hospital ICU followed by a message that she passed on….

Deep inside, I couldn’t/didn’t register that she was going to leave this playground so soon. We shared so much fun trips together for the past 20 years. Was it a denial, I still don’t know. I felt a loss of a physical person that I can see and move around with, someone who always speaks with supportive and encouraging words in all my life endeavours that I shared with her.

However, her moving on gave me a sense of reality to this short life we have on earth. It anchors me more into the impermanence of life.

Here I would like to share a passage name, “Imagine God Said …”

Imagine God said, “I’m sending you to Earth to play a game for awhile and then I’ll beam you back. 
It’s a grand experiment. 
Whatever you do, don’t get caught up in the results. 
You’ll be given some lucky cards and you’ll be forced to face some dragons, just like everyone else. 
There are really no rules, except that what goes around, comes around. 
Let truth, curiosity, and the expansion of happiness draw you forward along your path. 
Enjoy the game.  Follow your spirit. 
Observe your reactions to the phenomena you encounter. 
See what it feels like to pretend to be an entity that is separate from me. 
But, remember your origin. 
Don’t worry about losing or winning the game because nobody actually wins and nobody actually loses, regardless of appearance.
Be more concerned about losing yourself.