Day 082n: For even the smallest Shade … (July 05, 2019)

In times of greatest thirst, they are thankful for even a single drop of water … And in times of greatest heat, they are thankful for even the smallest slice of shade.

When my father-in-law was on his deathbed, I had a deeply intimate conversation with him – as it turned out, my last conversation with him. And during that final talk, he happened to look at me and say, ‘It was a privilege to have lived.’ And it is the sheer enormity of the soulful gratitude of that simple statement that will never leave me.” ~ via Daniel Klein