John Lennon said "Life is what happens when you are making other plans". How smart he was, who knew???This morning I was perusing articles on how the fiscal cliff would affect our finances when a friend called with some bad news about a recent diagnosis. She has so many plans! So many projects!
Bad news seems to always be unexpected, even if you are basically a worrier, as am I. And it always arrives when I am doing something that is instantly rendered completely unimportant in the scheme of things.
Last night cousin Cary called to wish us Happy Chanukah. He too had sad news - a divorce in the family (the second for a wonderful person) and his complete and irrevocable loss of sight in one eye. No one plans for these things in their lives, yet there they are.
We survive. We cope. We change our plans or put them off for a little while...
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