Circle of Life

Hear my stories over the last weekend.

Saturday started with attending the wedding of one of my friends. Fooled by his luring persuasion, I truly expected to encounter unresistable bunch of hunks at the wedding. Puhhhzzz,, I've seen better. At the wedding, I called a friend who also was supposed to show but not; to everyone's surprise, she said her mom is critically ill with leukemia and she is with her at an emergency room. So, soon after the wedding, I went to see her at her apartment. She seemed calm and in control; so I relieved.

Then, on Sunday morning, I got a call from THE friend saying her mom passed away; I felt blown up by a storm; but amazingly her voice was still so serene, so I also calmed down. Passing on my condolesence, I said how sorry I am as well as how sudden it was to face her mom's death; she certainly didn't expect a day before when I talked to her in front of her apartment.

Learning the saddened news, I thought it's better to share it with other friends, just to split some burden on my friend. Then, one of our mutual friend called. He said he unlikely attends her mom's funeral since his wife is in labor.

Within a span of 48 hours, I realized once again; the circle of life. People breed, die, and are born again. We are born capable of finding joys in the saddest events and passing on our genes to survive; we've been doing it for tens of thousands of years; why shouldn't we do now?

I, once again, give my great condolecense to my friend's loss.

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From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round

It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life

It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life