New Angel in Heaven.

Today I received an sms in my mobile from a dear friend. It read: "There´s a new angel in Heaven today".  I didn´t understand, so I called him; his grandmother just died. The words made sense now: It was so sad and so beautiful at the same time....I could not imagine a nicer way to describe it, a better way to think about those whose time in this Earth is over: they are angels now, above us, in a better place...

I remember a man I met who lost a child. He was doing some construction repairs in my apartment for a few days. I´d known him for a long time, because he´d worked for my father in the past, and I liked him. I knew he had a son but I didn´t know he had lost another son many years ago. One day he talked about his dead son to my wife. Later she told me how this man could hardly keep his tears as he explained how some artist had painted the face of his son in his town church. "Like an angel, you should go see it, so beautiful......"

I don´t believe in angels, I´m sorry. But I truly wish I could. Just as I don´t believe in god, or any life after death, but I envy those who do. Life is so difficult and so unfair sometimes, that it would be great if it all made sense in some other dimension. But I can´t believe that. However I would never argue against beliefs, I have promised myself never to try to convince anybody out of their religious or mistic ideals.....I will never argue about those issues, because deep down we all need to believe, even those of us who can´t.