In my post, “Thank God For Giggles,” I led with this: “My best friend is near death. I wrote this for you and for all of us. I’ve explained why below.”

I had a great many responses, and thank you again, for those who took the time. Of course, several have wanted to know her condition and I’ve responded to those individual requests.

If you’d like to read the original article first, you can go to:
http://budurl.com/enrc

We are all so flooded with stuff, and I apologize if this has no interest for you. But for those who resonate with this, and maybe not for some other things you’ll see from me from time to time, here you are. Thank you.

I’m glad you’re here with me, but of course, you can always unsubscribe below at any time.

As I raced to catch the plane to San Francisco to see my good friend for the last time, I worried that I’d be too late. But I wasn’t and we had several hours to talk, hold hands and even laugh, though she was in great pain much of the time.

She hung on for months, but finally, and peacefully, passed away two nights ago.

The article, “Thank God For Giggles,” was personal yet I hope, instructive. It was about one of those rare moments in life when everything worked in sequence to bring an outstanding and life changing event into our lives.

Had one little thing changed, one moment different, I would have missed a life long friendship with one of the most unique and powerful people I’ve ever known.

The article was less about me and my friendship with Shirley, or even Shirley, as it was about the realization of gratitude, and the powerful and wonderful world of true friendships that we can sometimes take for granted.

Here we are on this blog, that mixes all this business with what? Pleasure, insight, personal growth and activation? Okay, all of those.

This is about us and our mutual trade with one another. Our trade of ideas, thoughts and even business techniques.

If any of this has impact, then by all means, don’t hesitate to let your closest friends know of your appreciation for them. Some will be surprised. It’s not something done a lot by most of us.

A final insight to Shirley, her specialness came with her last words. One of her closest friends, Shinzen, a Buddhist meditation teacher asked her son-in-law, Steve to put the phone to her ear so that he could express his love, even though she’d been in a coma for days.

After he did, suddenly she cried out, “Love, love, love, love, love!”

That was Shirley. I’m sorry you didn’t know her too.

New link for first Giggles article:

http://budurl.com/enrc