"A phoenix is a mythical bird with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends). It has a 500 to 1,000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of myrrh twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again. The new phoenix is destined to live as long as its old self. In some stories, the new phoenix embalms the ashes of its old self in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis (sun city in Greek)."
So, a Phoenix can be reborn every time it dies. Metaphorically speaking, are humans capable of this? Or is it that when we die, we remain dead? I don't know. All I know is, for every dark cloud, there is a silver lining, for every one.
Isn't it nice to know the lining is silver?
Alan
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