Life and Death and Life

"Life and Death" photo copyright 2011, Caris Cerdwyn, All rights reserved

     It is ever with us, each day we walk in this world, until the day we leave it.  There is life all around us.  And everywhere we step there is also death.  And if you look closely, you see this dead tree has life growing from it.  The dying feeds life.
     The cycle turns.  New generations come into the world, and we age, slowing a bit as we do, our lives given over a bit to the younger ones.  And each time someone leaves this world, a legacy of some sort is left behind.  Sometimes it isn't such a good one.  And sometimes, the legacy is simple, seemingly unimportant, and yet life springs from it.  And sometimes it is a legacy that becomes larger than anyone ever imagined.  Even and perhaps especially the simple legacies may grow to tremendous proportions. 
     What is the legacy you hope to leave?  How do you feed the younger ones?  Will you share your wisdom?  Your stories?  Your failures and your successes?  I hope you remember the ones who have given your life its beginning, the ones who have failed and fallen and gotten up again because of their love for you, their hopes for you, the younger one.
     Ah...such existential questions for the day!