Kirby here...
Never before has it felt so pungently real how brief our lives on earth really are. I have studied Al's life more intensely these past few weeks than I ever had before, and my respect for him is off the charts. He lived and loved so very well.
And the effect of his life surfaces in the tears and loving words of so many people who have spoken up these past weeks- people I've never met. The twinkle in Al's eye and his encouraging words and his ability to see the best in us makes him larger than life.
And living a "larger than life" life starts with the thousand small decisions we make every day: how we speak to our wives and children, how we are kind to total strangers, how we engage with our friends and invest our time and energy into relationships.
Everything else will either rot or burn or get eaten by mice.
Throw a stone in a lake and watch the ripples to its very edges. I'm watching how Al's stones of love thrown in the lake of life are lapping up along the shore at my feet...
Love that, Kirb......it is so, so true. Well said.
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