For the last days, I have been feeling a sort of unexplainable and uncalled-for sadness.
I just couldn´t justify this unsettling tremor. Yet I knew beyond doubt that this sorrow
wasn´t mine, but rather came from someone around me.
Tonight I found out the reason for my foreboding. My friend Eva called me,
telling me that her sister Margareta passed away earlier this evening.
I never knew Margareta well. My girlfriend used to visit her sometimes keeping her company.
Last time some two weeks ago, Larisa – my girlfriend – told me that Margareta
wasn´t well at all. She had been long diagnosed with a life-threatening disease.
Her general condition had distinctly worsened. It was obvious that the disease was in
an imminent stage.
And yet…
She seemed so at peace despite her obvious predicament. In Larisa´s words,
MARGARETA WAS SERENE, FEELING NO FEAR AT ALL.
Soon after she was taken to the hospital – things weren´t looking too good for her.
We trusted though that she would soon recover and be back on her
feet – as it happened before.
But confessedly…tonight was her transition to the Mysterious Shore Beyond…
My friend Eva was so unspeakably sad…What is to be said in moments like this…?
Nothing…Silence is my only answer…
So Farewell Margareta… May your soul find The Way Home!
Thank you for reminding me that Fear is not our abode!
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