"Greater Love..."

"Greater Love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."

John 15:13, NIV Bible

Life is not a burden.  Though I know in my own worries I can come across as it being that when I'm unsure, tired or overwhelmed.

Life is a precious gift that keeps unwrapping itself as the days go on.  Each day a new beginning and a chance to find more to enjoy - breathe - live.

I have had many days in my past that were not full of the seeking something truly positive to strive for.  I have been mired in the past at times and there are days that I still struggle with it.  I had one of those last night.  It's not something I'm proud of - the tears coming from a grown man who doesn't have the answers in that moment. But those moments pass and they allow (hopefully) growth!

But that's not what this is about.  This is about a gift that I received, though who would have known how the days would be intertwined to come to here - this place in Atlanta, Georgia where love was given.  Even at the cost of a life - a life of someone I've come to know in the odd way that I have...

Brett, I wish you were here.  I wish you were in a place that could have held your heart and mind - your spirit - and you would be breathing alongside me.  We've shared so many similar struggles.  We both know some of the same dark places.  You a musician, just like me (well, somewhat alike).  You a writer - though we put pen to paper in different ways.

You loved her.  So do I.

I know how deep and true you did.  I have seen it in tearfilled eyes and moments when you are still whispering in our ears.  

I know that you left us all here, still fighting the demons that haunted you.  I've known them as well.  I also know that it was because of you, in some larger way, that I found her.  

The love you gave your life for is still alive.  It is real.  

It has been said that true love is deeper than words or actions...

it resonates within two hearts like a torch - shedding light beyond their intertwined forms.

You shed a lot of light here.  It comforts me to know that you may still be lingering above.  Hopefully knowing that I'll love her.  I'll cherish her.

Greater Love... there's not much more to say.