Reflections On The Beauty Of Life

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck

(And Anne did - she gave everything she had to everyone she met and more )

Let life be as beautiful as summer flowers

And death as beautiful as autumn leaves.

~Rabindranath Tagore

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation.  For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.  ~Albert Einstein

God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled.  ~Author Unknown

No one ever really dies as long as they took the time to leave us with fond memories.  ~Chris Sorensen

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. ~From a headstone in Ireland

After the leaves have fallen, we return
To a plain sense of things....
It is difficult even to choose the adjective
For this blank cold, this sadness without cause...
~Wallace Stevens