Tuesdays With The Angels-The Moon

A quote I live by was written by the seventeenth century Japanese haiku poet, Mizuta Masahide. It represented to him the meaning of life.
“Barn’s burned down,now I see the moon.”
Looking up at the moon is an important part of my own life. This quote helped me move forward after my daughter passed away as well as all the hard times of my life. The meaning of looking to the future with hope gave me comfort. I found hope in many places. From reading the late Reverend Norman Vincent Peale’s writings to watching Oprah’s inspirational TV shows, I found my own way to go on searching for life’s meaning.  I read and try to be kind always while taking in the blessings of God’s beautiful earth, sky and moon.
Whenever I look at the moon I know that I’m looking up not down or behind me. I’m searching for answers for I have dreams to still fulfill with as much inspiration as I can find. In my novels the moon is aways present. Some characters look up and moon bathe by it’s light. In my novel Town of Angels, Angel Ken reads by the light of the moon and he and the other angels sail on angels wings into the night helping others. From Masahide to Oprah, I’ve learned to look up in hope.This is what the angels have given me. They’ve given me the moon.