[claire]Thoughts

[Lucien Miller]

Dear Claire,

    I don't know if you will be reading this--or if everyone on the list serve sees everything--but here's a little intended private sharing anyway.

    I'm not sure whether I mentioned that I was diagnosed with cancer four years ago. In my case there was radical surgery. At first there is the shock, of course, then thinking, learning, deciding, choosing. One day, after the surgery, when I was recovering at home, I heard a voice saying, "Now you are really living." And I was. Everything was clear acceptance. Yes pain and discomfort was there. I was surrounded by love and bathed in prayer and grace. In a deep sense, it didn't matter if I lived or died, I was just so grateful.

    I don't tell you this to say this is your experience, or what you may feel now or will feel. But just to say that grace and divine otherness are yours too. I know that God loves you very much. You are a wonderful person. We are all graced to know you, and to be with you in Spirit now.

    You know that I teach Contemplative Literature East West. I think you know I'm a Catholic. I hope that's not offensive. I'm praying for you each day in my little tiny way. And having lived in India twice, I rejoice in the world of charity and depth of awareness you will re-experience there. 

    May you and Mark be well.

            dearest love, Lucien