Heaven is like a puzzle

where all pieces meet.

What comes together

fulfills our ultimate need.

It is the music, dance, art, and

poetry we cannot understand.

Like bathing in the perfume of a garden

with all it's fertile land.

I will be a texture, a fragrance,

a magnificent glow,

with an illuminating appearance,

complementing the whole.

                            Sam Oliver, author of, "What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living"

Nature, a reflection of our soul,
reveals the seasons of our lives.
Like people, earth's seasons teach us
patience, awareness, and encourage us to grow.
From the sparkle of sunlight in the doe's eye
to the sparrow elevated by the air below its wings,
the spirit of God is the source of life that fuels our spirit
and raises us above pain and sorrow.

Only the soul can travel to this place above the clouds
where we are lifted by the breath of God.
Here, the lessons learned in nature
disclose to us that dying is a transition into life
and nothing completely disappears.
Rather, we are transformed into another realm of existence
to experience the essence of life
where the soul never dies.

          Sam Oliver