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Let's begin by taking you on a journey through Time. Time is like the envelope for your life. Your Life is the letter. You place yourself inside of Time and you mail yourself to God. Along the way you forget where you are going. Events on the path remind you, but the messages often appear fragmented and unclear.

Periodically you have a breakthrough, a strong reminder that your target again is God. He is your goal and your mainstay. He is the reason Life abounds. In death He lives on, as do we. This Spirit is indomitable, here to stay, here to manage for yet another day, year or century.

Your letter is opened at the end. What does it say? "Did it my way?" "Learned to love?" "Richer for the experience?" "Tough road, but worth it?" How about those "losses," how did you handle those? "Bravely" you might say. "Not so well" could be another answer. How about "poorly," or "wasn't able to deal with the feelings." That would be sad, wouldn't it?

Then let's prepare, shall we. Let's do what we can to tackle Life's events to keep our letter on the straight and narrow, to hit our target as we believe we could. Let's learn all we can from Life and give back our very best. Then, when we're asked: "How did it go?" We can say "splendidly." "Yes indeed, I did my very best, and it was good." "All the way, I went all the way." Yes, that's the way to celebrate a lifetime. Once that letter is opened at the end, we want to say: "Hi there, God, did You miss me?" "I had a good one that time, even learned how to deal with Grief." And God will of course smile. He knew you had it in you and He looked forward to the mail every day.

Here's how it might look to Him. A person struggles with their life dilemmas and learns their lessons. They arrive at His doorstep with much wisdom as a result. That benefits both Him and the individual concerned because God loves to grow too. Remember, we are created in His Image. Our thoughts are His thoughts. Our goals are His as well. If we enjoy growing through our life experiences then that has to be true for Him also.

We all grow when we take on our sorrows. These are especially hard on us. But they take us deeper into the experience of Life. And we are richer for the work and effort. Yes, we gain much along the way. Our letter arrives stuffed fuller than when we set out, with worthy experiences that testify to our growth.

The stories and reflections in this book are about "growing." They are about facing up to our "losses." As difficult as these are,

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