Those who have lost a loved one – and this is, or will be, almost everyone – realize that there is nothing as destructive. Death doesn’t merely take life – it takes away tomorrow. For many of you, the “tomorrow” that you had planned with someone will never come to pass…and the pain of this is unbearable.
These daily messages below are not designed to numb you or give you mantras to suppress the pain of death. Instead, they are gentle frameworks and pointers that help you experience the fullness of what is in your “now” right now – be it death, or someone dying.
Category: Dealing With Death
Why is it that when people reach a certain age we think they’re approaching death soon? We should instead celebrate the fact that they’re still alive and kicking. It’s not so much dealing with death, it’s learning from people who have come this far.
Click here to read message 95 And KickingCategory: Dealing With Death
There is death that is expected, and there’s death that is sudden. When death is sudden, it robs us of the chance to tell the deceased how sorry we are. We can only pray for the departed ones, hoping that they hear us.
Click here to read message Say No, Not YetTags: death, energy, memories, oblivion, prayer, saying sorry, thief
Category: Dealing With Death
We grow up with the notion that death takes away people from us, when the only thing that it really takes away is tomorrow. So before death comes knocking, forgive and love your fellow humans because tomorrow may never come.
Click here to read message The Only DeathTags: death, forgive, limitations, misinformed, tomorrow, yearning
Category: Dealing With Death
The so-called “ladder of life” does not really go up. We’re so busy climbing, being indifferent to our friends and family because our aim is to reach the top. These ladders may go sideways, so the time comes when we jump off, and hoorah, no bruises!
Click here to read message The LadderTags: bruises, ladder-makers, rung, sky, stop and chat, “up there”
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