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IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS

Posted by Maria Housden, author of HANNAH'S GIFT on May 9, 2008 at 4:24pm
As I sat in the quiet of the morning soaking in the sun, eating an english muffin, toasted, with fresh tomatoes and melted cheese, I was reminded of something that Warren Zevon said in an interview in the last months of his life as he was dying of cancer.He was asked, "What do you know, at the end of your life, that the rest of us haven't yet learned?" Zevon thought about it for a moment and then answered, "I know how much fun we're supposed to have just eating a sandwich." ♥
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  • Greg Schneider May 10, 2008 at 6:03pm
    This reminds me of my comments entry in the Hospice Volunteer Journal titled "Orange Juice Joy." Martin so enjoyed the orange juice I prepared for him just days before his death. It was clear that he really appreciated life's little things. My 20-minute experience of knowing him and watching him drink that orange juice as if it were nectar from the heavens will always be with me and help me to remember to appreciate the beauty of life's little things.
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