I LOVE the little synchronicities of life, don’t you?
At 6:36 am on Sunday, July 4, 2010, my oldest brother phoned me with the news that my dear mother, Elaine Kiener, had passed away that morning at 5 am.
At 7:36 am, I received an email (from a Google Group that explores the crossings between Nonviolent Communication and Focusing.
In that email, a colleague shared a poem entitled: Your Mother and My Mother by hafiz.
Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
I would like to see you living
In better conditions.For your mother and my mother
Were friends.I know the innkeeper
In this part of the universe.
Get some rest tonight,
Come to see my verse again tomorrow.
We’ll go speak to the Friend together.I should not make any promises right now,
But I know if you
Pray
Somewhere in this world–
Something good will happen.God wants to see
More love and playfulness in your eyes
For that is your greatest witness to Him.Your soul and my soul
Once sat together in the Beloved’s womb
Playing footsie.Your heart and my heart
Are very, very old Friends.
Such a beautiful poem and message – in its own right.
And yet, even more fitting considering that I had been with my mom a few years before as I watched her NOT die (all within a peaceful sleep), and had also been with her during times of panicked breathlessness. I am so grateful to know that fear was not a companion along her final journey.
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