From the POSTSCRIPT to Nine Letters to Luke ...
Have you given thought to a river and how it changes its course many times yet it remains the same river?
Have you flown in an airplane and from the window seat looked below at the mighty Mississippi or some other great river flowing toward the sea? The river may meander west and then abruptly change its flow to the east, and even take a snake-like flow to the north. Here in the northern hemisphere its flow, though rarely straight and direct, may nonetheless be steady southward toward the Gulf of Mexico, or westward to the Pacific, or eastward to the Atlantic.
In many respects my life has been lived like a river flows. I have changed my course a great deal; I have been flexible where I needed to be, and stern where or when required. I am continually flowing and changing with the flow. Some changes have been abrupt and very sudden. But generally, change for me has been a slow process. It is only when I look over the number of years I have lived that I see how extreme my change has been.
The year 2012 is now nearly over, and I am happily looking forward each day to changes that are presently taking place in my life. Lately I have entertained a new thought in 2012, new for me at least, the thought that I may be close to physical death and facing the great change this will bring. In one way I hope that I am, for I sincerely look forward to what the next step will bring. But truthfully, I would prefer to wait a few more years for my transition! Why would I like more time on earth?
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