i saw the pattern emerging yesterday

Flags at half-staff
This past week at Windermere Runners Club workout.

 

Orlando Pulse tragedy
Stumbled upon this last night.

 

i saw the pattern emerging yesterday.

Denial.

One week in Orlando filled with three horrific tragedies.

It can’t be happening.

So i am pretending it didn’t.

Yesterday was the first time (and it happened several times yesterday) i caught myself saying it to others (non-Floridians) in response to their inquiry and condolences.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

This website is about our spiritual health. To leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s career health website, click here.

 

Praying for someone we’ve never met

Husband and wife hug at airport
Photo: Chapin Noel, August 2009 at Orlando International Airport.

 

Praying for someone we’ve never met.

A fatal heart attack is never planned.

When it happens we are stunned and saddened. It happened to a client’s colleague the night before.

Moments before falling asleep last night, i pictured what it would feel like to no longer have Cheryl walking around in our home.

Moving forward, that is the reality for someone i’ve never met.

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Why?

Pray for Kenya.
Photo from Facebook feed.

 

Pray for Kenya
Photo from Facebook feed.

 

The question needs to move from:

Why did this happen?

To:

Why isn’t the world doing a better job to stop it?

No?

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