Every so often, I’ll share a personal experience here. Today is one of those days.
We lost a friend last night after his battle with cancer. Needless to say, today is a very sad day.
Strangely enough, not only did I discover this morning that my friend’s last day here on Earth with us happened to fall on his birthday – but today is also the five-year anniversary of losing my beloved Uncle Steve (Unc Est – as I always called him).
I just reread the post I wrote talking about that. It’s amazing how quickly the time went by. And now today, I grieve the loss of someone else I will never forget.
We Lost a Friend Last Night
Our friend, Randy, was a gem of a human being.
Over the last several months, my husband and I went and spend time with him and his awesome wife (with a pause during the month of December since we had a TON of house projects going on). We’d stop by the store, grab some organic produce, run it through their juicer and we’d all enjoy fresh-pressed juice together. We’d talk about the nature of life, reality, healthy living, world events and we’d simply appreciate the fact that we were in the presence of someone who was both deeply Spiritual and genuinely Awake.
We met Randy just after we started our martial arts training. He was an easy-going guy, a family man, a devoted husband, and a great conversationalist. We liked him immediately.
Randy was also the epitome of what I would call a Peaceful Warrior. He was a wise and gentle soul who could be a badass if and when it was warranted.
A few years ago, Randy found out he had cancer of the (I think) large intestines. He went through surgery to have it removed and endured the recovery process like a champ while continuing to be an integral part of our Ohana.
It was discovered just a short time later that he had stage-4 liver cancer. Needless to say, the prognosis didn’t look good. But that never stopped Randy from keeping a positive outlook. He was and will always be an inspiration to me and everyone else who knew him.
I Will Miss You, My Friend
The fact that I won’t see Randy again hasn’t quite sunk in, and I’m honestly not sure when it will.
I only know that I am so very blessed to have known him.
You meet someone once in a while who shines – as though within them exists a light that simply has to illuminate everything and everyone in its presence because that light is the expression of the Divine – its Avatar being the open vessel allowing it to come through.
That was Randy.
He constantly sought #Wisdom, shared it with others, gave to others, and marveled at how he'd wind up with even more to give as a result.Click To TweetHe understood the way abundance worked naturally and effortlessly because he was abundance using a human body for a while.
I used to use the tagline “Live Your Truth. Free Your Mind. Be Creative.” for this blog because these are the traits of living one’s life consciously, authentically, and deliberately. I changed it a couple of years ago to reflect a more “niched-down” career-oriented blog, but regardless of what the site’s tagline says, in life, freeing one’s mind helps them to live their truth.
This is where true creativity expresses itself.
Randy had an open mind, a natural curiosity, a giving soul, a sense of humor and happened to also be incredibly talented and creative. I truly admired him.
Randy, I’m gonna miss you. I’ll never forget you and like with my Uncle Steve, I hope you’ll be a guardian angel to me and everyone else whose lives you’ve touched.
To my Hawaiian Lion, may you rest in peace, may your soul be surrounded with the light of the Divine and may your loved ones always be comforted.
Until next time, my Friend.
Mitch Mitchell says
I’m sorry about the loss of your friend. I totally understand the feelings; we never get over the fact that we couldn’t be with certain people forever.
Dana says
Thanks, Mitch. He was a truly great man. So easy to be around. Funny, generous, kind, and wise. Good to see you and hope you’re doing well π