One of the best feelings in the world is knowing that your absence and your presence both mean something to someone. 
                                              ---- Hoda Kotb (*citation below)

Dedication:  This post is in honor my Aunt Helen Trionfo, and all our dearly departed souls whose voices we still hear and presence we feel.

There are some who bring a light so bright 
that even in their absence, 
their light is present within us.
             -----Kotb

Guided on their final flight.
Graced with color and light.

 What a privilege to be present in this cycle, 
to be part of the grand design, 
and the continuation of life.
-----G. Hill

Before its release, 
an October leaf 
twists and turns,
until 
its higher authority, 
an ever-present hand 
guides it gently,
to find
its soft landing.   
 
                    Are we any less?
                            -----G. Hill

Then came October, grounding us in the soft rustling of leaves, souls whispering in the breeze, echoing us back to a groundwork of iconic footprints, on carpets of gold, we tread. 
------ G. Hill



Jesus tells his disciples: 
It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, in my absence, I will send him unto you.
----John 16:7

Absence becomes the greatest Presence. 
----May Sarton

We are already totally in the presence of God. 
What is absent is our awareness.
                 ----- David Brenner

GH

October has so much more to say . . .

Visit" October Forever!", "Late Harvest", and "October's Blue Moon"

October Forever!

Late Harvest

October’s Blue Moon

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Images are AI generated.

*Special thanks to Judy Selock, who shared Kotb’s inspirational book with me.

Kotb, Hoda. 2019. I Really Needed This Today. Putnam. New York, New York.

GH