Until they are vanishing

We never see the beauty of our beloved ones — until they are vanishing out of our sight .

While they were with us, we were impatient with their faults.

Their bad habits fretted us.

But when death touched them — it clothed them in a garb of brilliant beauty.

They appeared transfigured. Out of the dull, faulty character, sprang a radiant angelic form, and hovered just beyond our reach forever.

What joy and blessing it would have brought to our lives — to have seen the beauty and the worth, before the vanishing!