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IF TONIGHT

If tonight this is it,, my last day on planet earth,
I am ready, prepared and happy.

I have been enormously blessed beyond all deserving.
I have spent my life using my gifts for others.

I have sought wisdom and found wonder
--and amazing grace everywhere.
I am lucky in life, in love and family, in faith and grace.

I have found a life - companion who loves me very much
with whom I find and still discover meaning and joy.

I have lived my life with compassion and some
courage, risking myself and loving new challenges.

Faith, wonder, and the ability to love with my heart
have been my greatest gifts.

Here I am, Lord.
I am not looking for some reward in the next life
because I believe that
loving with courage is its own reward.

I have been willing to be in the fray, without
counting the cost or nursing wounds.

I have faced and not always overcome the angels of
my darker nature.
But the journey has been one of great fun, and
I am extraordinarily blessed,
Noblesse Oblige.

Thanks to all, especially those dear to my heart
and they know who they are.

Namaste.
Paschal Bernard Baute
age 76.
December 24, 2005 at home, ready for sleep.
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