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March 17, 2019
Filed Under: Cancer Reflections, Healing, Reflections on Love
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Cause and Effect

Because she was my first love, I learned how to live with a broken heart,

And love again.

Because I learned how to love again,

I learned how to live.

Because I learned how to live,

I learned how to die.

Because I learned how to die,

I learned how to be with others who are dying.

Because I learned how to be with others who are dying,

I learned how to live each moment.

Because I learned how to live each moment,

I learned how to love again.

Because I learned how to love again,

I learned how to prepare for my beloved’s death.

Because I learned how to prepare for her death, I learned how to love even better.

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  1. Bonni Schiff says

    March 17, 2019 at 10:08 pm

    Such beautiful words Chaya. Thank you for sharing them.

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  2. venusmaher says

    March 17, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    Chaya, this is one of the best of your writings. It has so many levels and moves my heart so deeply.

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  3. Lori Klein says

    March 18, 2019 at 6:53 am

    Reads even more powerfully as a poem than as a paragraph.

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  4. Julia Ellis says

    March 18, 2019 at 10:41 am

    I love reading your words.

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  5. Judith says

    March 19, 2019 at 6:22 pm

    This may be your best yet. The rhythm is perfect!! my love

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  6. Judith says

    March 19, 2019 at 6:22 pm

    This may be your best yet. The rhythm is perfect!! my love

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  7. Julie Nesnansky says

    April 5, 2019 at 11:57 pm

    So beautiful and so profound, and oh so true.
    Thank you Chaya. XXX

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  8. Jillian says

    April 14, 2019 at 2:17 pm

    This is so beautiful Chaya – each time I finish reading I go back to the beginning and read it again. Thank you!

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