Farewell

In The Straits Times today, there was a heart-wrenching photo of the dragon boat team members kneeling by the Tonle Sap river, paying their last respects to the 5 departed paddlers.

I had not know the 5 paddlers personally. But I seen them around enough to recognize 4 of them. In fact, I had been admiring 2 of them for a while...

The sense of loss was really close to heart.

I could not help but reflect on how fleeting life can be.

We are but paddlers in the sea of Samsara. Perhaps we may yet paddle again together in lives to come.

I shall hold you in my heart.