<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Sickness on Late Blooms</title><link>/tags/sickness/</link><description>Recent content in Sickness on Late Blooms</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/sickness/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Learning about Life through Death/Observing Grief</title><link>/posts/learning-about-life-through-death-observing-grief/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/learning-about-life-through-death-observing-grief/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;As 2018 began and all the good wishes abounded for a Happy New Year, I was filled with anticipation and joy for this new beginning.  There&amp;rsquo;s something about a brand new start that brings a hopefulness to one&amp;rsquo;s soul and spirit.  One never knows what&amp;rsquo;s in store but hopes it will be good.   In fact, the collage below is usually the one I put on my Facebook page on New Year&amp;rsquo;s Eve. When one is in good or reasonably good health and can participate in their own life and the lives of those around them, the New Year is a time of hope. &lt;strong&gt;Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering &amp;lsquo;it will be happier&amp;rsquo;&amp;hellip;  ALFRED LORD TENNYSON&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Broken Pieces</title><link>/posts/broken-pieces/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/broken-pieces/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;― Rumi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2015/Broken-pieces/i-KVBwB64/0/KDVWgmcCZJV8JtLC9pWWbbPg949gPbVQkHqKQF8Vk/D/Broken-Vase-HDR-ish-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="Broken Vase (HDR-ish)" loading="lazy" src="https://jeanjankisamaroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Broken-Vase-HDR-ish-1024x587.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I accidentally knocked over one of my favorite vases which has served me well for many years.  As you can see in the above collage, it&amp;rsquo;s a very beautiful one.  You can also see that it was broken into many pieces and beyond repair.  I was disappointed but not devastated.  Whether that has to do with the aging process and the &amp;ldquo;letting go&amp;rdquo; stage of life or some other process at work is not quite clear to me.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>