That is such a beautiful and true sentiment ML.

I found the whole thing.

SOME TIME
"Some time, when all life's lessons have been learned,
And sun and stars for evermore have set,
The things which our weak judgment here has spurned,
The things o'er which we grieved with lashes wet,
Will flash before us out of life's dark night,
As stars shine most in deeper tints of blue;
And we shall see how all God's plans were right,
And how what seemed reproof was love most true.

"And we shall see that while we frown and sigh,
God's plans go on as best for you and me:
How, when we called, He heeded not our cry,
Because His wisdom to the end could see.
And e'en as prudent parents disallow
Too much of sweet to craving babyhood,
So God, perhaps, is keeping from us now
Life's sweetest things because it seemeth good.

"And if, sometimes, comingled with life's wine,
We find the wormwood, and rebel and shrink,
Be sure a wiser hand than yours or mine
Pours out this portion for our lips to drink.
And if some friend we love is lying low,
Where human kisses cannot reach his face,
Oh, do not blame the loving Father so,
But bear your sorrow with obedient grace.

"And you shall shortly know that lengthened breath
Is not the sweetest gift God sends his friends;
And that, sometimes, the sable pall of death
Conceals the fairest boon His love can send.
If we could push ajar the gates of life,
And stand within, and all God's working see,
We might interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery find a key.

"But not today. Then be content, poor heart;
God's plans, like lilies pure and white, unfold.
We must not tear the close-shut leaves apart --
Time will reveal the calyxes of gold.
And if, through patient toil, we reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loose, may rest, --
When we shall clearly know and understand, --
I think that we will say that 'God knew best.'"
-- May Riley Smith --

In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", "Mary"
<rosefan@email.com> artfully composed this message within
<news:93ZIc.121898$wH4.6665303@twister.southeast.rr.com> on 13 Jul
2004:

Thank you Mary. My grief makes any animosity null and void, and I
really don't want to argue with you anymore. I watched my beloved
cat die, that in itself supercedes anything else. Your condolences
mean a lot to me. I only xposted the vet group because some of
those guys read many of my messages when he was so sick. I thought
his final demise and symptoms might help someone.