The priceless gift my best friend bequeathed me

I have been unable to resist it, yet how this love has been transforming me over the years is still beyond my comprehension.

Your faith has remained rock-solid in the face of many years of my atheism, when I constantly had a go at your religiosity.

And I never ever saw you losing your temper.

Ken, you had to go away for me to treasure more, the power of the love that you have been mediating. It is eternally unconditional.

After you passed away, I scrolled down on my mobile's phone numbers and when I came across your name I felt shocked.

'My God, I can't find you any more on this number; I can't see you any more in flesh and blood!'

But then, as I closed my eyes and to my relief, I could see you greeting me with a broad smile, the softest of hugs, and tears of joy, glistening in yours eyes. Then you said as always:

'Andris, let's get to work.'

Filled full with love, you struggled to find words to let me know that it has been unconditional loving that has given meaning to your life and your mission has been to spread it.

But from here on, all I have to do is to just close my eyes and it comes to me through your now forever sparkling and smiling eyes, saved in me, so it cannot be deleted.

Your journey on this Earth may be over, but your personal unconditional loving stays with me and with all of us you touched.

What Shakespeare wrote about Brutus on his death, could be written about you: