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orleans

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3. this brought me to tears:
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 01:18 AM
Oct 2014

"I never paid any attention to clouds before. Now I see everything from a totally different perspective: every cloud outside my window, every flower in the vase. Suddenly, everything matters.”

Name: Wolfgang Kotzahn
Age: 57
Born: 19th January 1947
Died: 4th February 2004, at Leuchtfeuer Hospice, Hamburg

his words "suddenly, everything matters" is lingering, haunting almost, it's poetry, and devastating, inspiring, emotionally explosive, and a glimpse into the divine.

"suddenly, everything matters" is how life should always be, is never how life is because we haven't got the time in our adult-minded day-to-day; it is how life was when we were children and, for some of us, how life becomes when given the time to contemplate our soon-to-be departure from all that surrounds us.

his words--"suddenly, everything matters"--makes me weep

These are truly marvelous, my dear AllenVanAllen! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 #1
thank you AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #5
21 grams Xipe Totec Oct 2014 #2
rotten tomatoes gives it an 80% AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #6
this brought me to tears: orleans Oct 2014 #3
"suddenly, everything matters" AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #4
These are quite stunning, AllenVanAllen. brer cat Oct 2014 #7
thank you for stopping by to check them out, brer cat. AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #9
I was transfixed! Studied every one. Thanks for this, they are amazing nt riderinthestorm Oct 2014 #8
thank you riderinthestorm! AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #10
Michael Lauermann looks like he's smiling sakabatou Oct 2014 #11
he does sakabatou. AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #12
That was so powerful. Curmudgeoness Oct 2014 #13
i think sometimes people just don't know what to say or do. i've found that to be so true AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #14
I agree. It is difficult to talk about. Curmudgeoness Oct 2014 #22
thank you so much Curmudgeoness AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #24
“Everything that’s not real is stripped away,” he told The Guardian, magical thyme Oct 2014 #15
thank you magical thyme AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #16
my mum died of cancer but she looked like she was sleeping Skittles Oct 2014 #17
to see her peace reflected in a tangible way... AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #18
aw thanks Skittles Oct 2014 #19
i would suppose no matter what state were in we can feel love. AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #20
Peace. They finally found peace. joshdawg Oct 2014 #21
in the end we all want peace. AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #25
Thanks for sharing left-of-center2012 Oct 2014 #23
thank you left-of-center2012 AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #26
I took pictures hotrod0808 Oct 2014 #27
i'm so sorry for your loss hotrod0808 AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #29
Very powerful ailsagirl Oct 2014 #28
i love that ailsagirl AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #30
It truly is ailsagirl Oct 2014 #31
"I believe we need to make a conscious decision to "smell the roses" AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #36
Very insightful! defacto7 Oct 2014 #32
thank you defacto7! AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #33
The little baby looks like she was transformed into a doll in death. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #34
that's so spot on. AllenVanAllen Oct 2014 #35
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