philosophy on loss
I've seen a lot of people at end of life and after death over the years. It gives a different sort of perspective.
We live in a very death-denying time and society here in the U.S. Most people don't talk about death and dying nearly as much, and sometimes I forget that it isn't a normal part of everyday conversation for them as it is for me. Yet it is a reality for literally everyone.
I don't believe that relationships end at death. Instead, they change in form - from a physical form to an emotional and even spiritual one. They're like inertia or relationship "echoes." And these change over time and life-stage development as well.
Every death, every grief experience is as unique as a fingerprint, though there may be commonalities. Because every relationship and life is different. Through our relationships, we are forever shaped and changed. This is the legacy of those we have lost, and our role (whether we are conscious of it or not) is to carry it on.
We live in a very death-denying time and society here in the U.S. Most people don't talk about death and dying nearly as much, and sometimes I forget that it isn't a normal part of everyday conversation for them as it is for me. Yet it is a reality for literally everyone.
I don't believe that relationships end at death. Instead, they change in form - from a physical form to an emotional and even spiritual one. They're like inertia or relationship "echoes." And these change over time and life-stage development as well.
Every death, every grief experience is as unique as a fingerprint, though there may be commonalities. Because every relationship and life is different. Through our relationships, we are forever shaped and changed. This is the legacy of those we have lost, and our role (whether we are conscious of it or not) is to carry it on.