Farewell Hunter

“People typically feel trapped by life, trapped by the universe, because they imagine that they are actually in the universe, and therefore the universe can squish them like a bug. This is not true. You are not in the universe; the universe is in you.” –Ken Wilber

I read these words this week and the reason I know they are true is that there have been people like the Iron Hunter in this world of mine to prove it. Even now that Hunter is gone, he is a part of the universe, this universe present everywhere, present in those lucky enough to have known him, and even in those who never got that chance. So thank you Hunter, for showing me and so many others that the vast breadth of the universe can be present within a single person. Within a single 3-year-old child, who in dying remains a force in this big universe we feel. You will always be a part of the universe, the universe within each of us. But we do miss you. We will always, always miss you.