There are many faces of death: shock, fear, sadness, completion, new beginnings, emptiness, peace and even relief. No matter the personal effects, it is always the living that suffers. We all react in very deep and private ways. To some it is a doorway to heaven or hell. To others it is simply a final result to life. There is no right or wrong answer, only a personal way to handle our own loss. It is a blessing to be able to say good-bye to our loved ones before they pass. When we are not given this gift, the passing of a loved one hits even harder. Death has been known to harden hearts as well as soften them. I look at death, as a way to move onto another existence, be what it may. It is my way of finding peace in something I fear. Many years after my loved ones have gone on I still hold them in my heart with great fondness and love, but wrapped in grief. I look to the future death of my living loved ones with great panic and fear. I always have and always will. I have learned many valuable lessons and gifts from death. Gifts given to me from the passing of others, as well as, the all too very personal closeness to death for myself. Mostly, we all need to treasure what and who we have in our own lives today. The single most prominent certainty to life is that we never know when it will end. It’s not the material things that count, it’s the love, kindness and memories we give each other. Memories can never be stolen from our hearts and minds. With this certainty, I thank everyone who has touched my own life, good or bad. It is they who have made me who I am today, thus allowing me to touch the lives of others, if even in ways I will never know or understand. It’s a way each of us “pays it forward” with out even trying. When death touches each of you, and it will, let it be what it will be. But, always hold the memories close to your heart, as it is those thoughts that will carry you to each new day.
PEACE & BLESSINGS
PEACE & BLESSINGS
