{"id":17165,"date":"2011-11-03T08:38:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T12:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=17165"},"modified":"2011-11-03T08:38:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T12:38:06","slug":"the-lighthouse-never-sleeps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/the-lighthouse-never-sleeps\/","title":{"rendered":"The lighthouse never sleeps"},"content":{"rendered":"

My real life, longtime friend and spiritual brother Frank Lorie<\/a> is a bright shining example of how someone can live with decades-long chronic pain and keep an uplifted and positive outlook on life. \u00a0He wrote\u00a0on Facebook today: \u00a0“It’s 4:00 in the morning and it may as well be 5:00 in the afternoon. \u00a0Sleep is not to be again this day, but maybe I will get in a nap later. \u00a0Back a few years ago the loss of sleep had a greater effect on me, but I have since come to deal without it much better. \u00a0Pain sucks… it is debilitating and can bring out some pretty negative feelings. \u00a0It also can make one appreciate many things to a far greater extent. \u00a0There is a positive way to look at just about everything \u00a0: )<\/p>\n

I commented, “Frankie, the Universe had to find some way to keep you awake so the rest of us have a lighthouse that’s constantly on \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0He knows you’re fit for the challenge. \u00a0I love you so much I could squeeze the stuffin outa you, my brother (hug) Thanks for being the light that’s always on. \u00a0You can sleep when you’re dead.<\/p>\n

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