On the recent one-year anniversary of the terrible Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed the lives of more than 220,000 people, people lovingly released thousands of hot-air floating paper lanterns into the sky. They looked like floating beacons of light or stars as they rose to the sky. Photos in newspapers showed people on the beach with hands raised as they released the lanterns to honor the dead, and I was thinking I hope, when I die, that someone who once loved me and remembered me would do somthing like that to acknowledge my spirit, to affirm that I once was here, walking among them.
The individual lanterns represented the love that people have for the people they lost, and made me wonder what happened to all the spirits of the people who perished. It is hard to believe that their spirits are lost, too. Rather, I hope they encircle us and protect us and emanate love to us. I don’t think that the spirit of love dies. None of us can ever have enough love in this world, can we?
What do you think about the floating lanterns and what happens to our spirits when we die and our bodies fail us? Where does the force of our life go? Is it lost or does it remain here? Write to me.

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