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[lagilman]

Thanks, everyone. Back from spending the afternoon with Alexandra and various friends, trying to help her as best we can, if only by being there and sharing our memories. She decided that it was 'rabbi-con.' I think David would have liked that. I brought a flask of Dalmore Cigar malt, and we raised a toast.

I can feel the pain, but it's sort of numbed by shock, still. "How can this be happening?" was asked a lot. I don't know. I don't know.

As the commercials say, life comes at you fast, people. Don't wait for the perfect moment, because odds are it doesn't exist until you make it.

Strive, Dream, Love. Live.

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[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. I am so sorry to hear this. He was good people.

[autojim.livejournal.com]

Called Alexandra a short while ago. Amazing lady. I'm sure she's been inundated with calls.

Anything I can do from here (including, consequences be damned, getting *there* if necessary), I will do.

[hoosier-red.livejournal.com]

'Rabbi-con' is the perfect way to celebrate David's life. I just wish it could've been held, like 40 years from now.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Oh good, I'm glad people are rallying round (not that they wouldn't, being who they all are). How is Alex holding up?

David

[rosenhaus.livejournal.com]

I'm still in shock. I learned that he died today while at I was at school, teaching. It was difficult to keep focused. I spoke briefly with Alexandra this evening. I spoke with David yesterday, at length for the first time in a good long time. I'm rambling, forgive me. I'm going to miss him. I do already.

SLR

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Don't wait for the perfect moment, because odds are it doesn't exist until you make it.

Strive, Dream, Love. Live.

Zelazny's death hit me like this. Part of why I keep trying to make time for friends, when they really need me.

Because we might run out of time.

{Hug.}

[lagilman]

yeah. I've always been very conscious of this -- the need to Live, not just get from moment to moment, and yet sometimes that's the hardest thing I can imagine. Today, life goes on -- I have things due, and people to see, and business to conduct, and it can't stop for grief. And I know that'd healthy and wise... but I'd still like a hole to pull shut behind me for a while longer.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

but I'd still like a hole to pull shut behind me for a while longer.

I suspect old traditional Japanese have mastered this -- but I don't think it helps them, in the long run.

[equesgal.livejournal.com]

Don't wait for the perfect moment....


Amen. I do that way too often. Years ago I realized that I "lived for the future" way too often. Shortly afterwards I quit my job and moved to the mountains. I still catch myself waiting for things, but I'm really trying to "seize the day" which turns out not to be as corny as it sounds.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Years ago I realized that I "lived for the future" way too often.

Ditto. Then I finally took to heart one of my favorite quotes, from John Lennon: "Life is what happens while you are making other plans."

So I became an LMT, and you can't give a massage unless you are there, in the moment -- if you're not there, you know it's wrong, and so does the client. And so I learned about trying to live in the present, and a lot of stress disappeared.

Then I got very ill, so it's a new kind of stress -- but I still am better about living in the present, and making casual plans for the future.

Because the present can sure derail at the strangest moments....