...presence without absence.

I like to assume that there is a continuing life. After death. A moving on to another level of existence. That's what I want to believe. And instinctively, I believe it. Just as I believe in love. I know love. Because I feel it. And I feel, too, that my spirit wants to live forever. That love is life. The love of life. Of wanting to feel alive. And conscious. So that one can love. And feel the pulse of joy and happiness. Albeit, sadness is a necessary part of life, too. In order to fully feel the contrasting joy and happiness. This idea that one can't have light without darkness. One cannot have joy without sadness. One cannot have life without death. One cannot have presence without absence. --Jim Broede