This is a remembrance just posted for an online friend who died this past week. These same observations may well apply to many of you whether or not part of my own current awareness of you. Let your vibrations ripple on.

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This how important Bonnie is to me. That present tense is demanded as you will soon learn.

I think we friended more than a few years ago after she read something I posted or some comment I made. Our interactions grew as we shared views and responded to various events unfolding. I learned how knowledgeable she was on things and the range of her life experiences. She was quite open about her personal history as friends are won't and essentially promoted you to her inner circle. By that I mean she was so generous with her time and concern, and never felt that she was talking down to you regardless of her expertise (my words) in various fields. This was particularly refreshing as of course there were areas where we had slightly different takes. She lovingly chided my atheist/agnosticism while having a rationalist's grasp on the potential and ultimate realities of the universe we inhabit.

At her best... she was a teacher. And that is in the sense of it being the best thing possible in anyone. Sharing of yourself, your knowledge, your path, your actions, in the hope that doing so makes the light of other people shine brighter is undeniably one on the most essential parts of being human. That same care and compassion encompassed all of nature. Her circle was infinitely expanding for those things good and uplifting that can help put us in the right direction, individually and collectively. Part her focus on that was her journalistic insights. Unflinching analysis is an acknowledgement that everyone is served best by the truth with no exceptions. It all starts there. She did so in a style most distinctive, causing you to actually having to let each element saturate your understanding individually, most of her pieces being packed with a whole range foundational aspects, all of them solidly established.

She shared much of the various health issues she was dealing with at various times. While I was certainly concerned I was also hopeful that the care and medications she was receiving was dealing with each new concern successfully. That it so rapidly progressed to a point of passing in the presence of loved ones was both a shock as I had no idea. I took much comfort in the notification of going peacefully surrounded by love. They, and she, are a reflection of that love. That love lives on. That love is passed on. That love is alive. That love grows. And growth of that essence is something for which there is an infinite capacity for in our lives, our world, and this universe. She exuded it, and she magnified it...and in the most convincing way possible. By her actions. That part of her lives on.

Those of us who love her have that part in us, and it saturates who we are as individuals , keeping us growing as we add ourselves to humanity as teachers and caretakers. And she had great insight into who we were and both brought out the best in us, and expected the best from us. It would please her to know the ripple effect that love and friendship generates continues. And that is most satisfyingly a given. It could do no less. My sharing of this is just a tiny droplet of that wave. All of existence is energy and vibrations. Her vibrations resonate. It is unmistakable and I know that for the rest of your own lives there will be moments that you will feel it pulsing through you, whether it's because she popped into your mind, or unconsciously as aspects you've incorporated into your own being.

And as such, this is not so much an end, but a beginning. The painful starting point of our lives where Bonnie is not physically a part of it. And as with many starts, that involves uncharted paths. I wish us all success and continued fulfillment on our own paths, and that of those whose paths we intersect and impact. She made and does make a difference in this world, living proof of that blossoming moment by moment through us.

I shared a quote with her from the book an online friend wrote about our shared godview. While it was a from a humanist perspective, it incorporates all who are part of making our world a better place. I can see her quite clearly in that perception, and it's something I would also take for granted of those in her circle. I am both honored and empowered to exist in that orbit. Love and light to all you sharing the journey in this particular time and space, with a hopeful anticipation for whatever is to come, both as we experience it, and collectively shape by our actions.

So it goes.

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"I see a pattern where the randomness of human actions can be directed through probability for an overall cumulative and positive effect. All throughout our society there is a butterfly effect that we are most always oblivious to… I guess my message is to go boldly forth and increase the peace and love and know you are not alone. You may not always be aware of the others choosing to follow this same path as you, but they’re out there, and they’re making a difference.”

~ LanceThruster