I often think of music lyrics when certain events happen, sort of like the soundtrack to my life. Recently, The Beatles song, The Long and Winding Road has been playing in my head.
Interestingly, this song was not inspired by a lost love but instead, Paul McCartney wrote it as the Beatles, as a group, were coming apart and it was his longing for better and happier times when things were simpler. Certainly, the lyrics were written to sound like it was about losing a friend or lover but, the impetus was the band breakup, change.
Life is like that; people come and go in our lives, life is complicated. I was married and divorced prior to meeting my wife. We’ve all had friends who have transitioned through our lives, some stuck while others are only a distant memory. Our parents, grand-parents, friends and others only live so long, as do we. Not too long ago, I lost a friend of many years. Unfortunately, I’m losing yet another to Alzheimer’s.
Sadly, I know that’s just how life works. People come and go physically, emotionally and spiritually. Interestingly, the spiritual loss, something that until recently was unknown to me, may be the most difficult. Like a ship without a rudder pitching precariously in a sea of uncertainty.
It’s said that the only constant in life is change, isn’t that the truth. We forge on as the world and its players change before our eyes. We adapt and make sure we savior each moment because in the blink of an eye, things are reset and, we begin again, ready or not.