Death
Submitted by mitzi on Thu, 11/29/2007 - 12:00.
The past days, we have been receiving feedback from readers of our
November-December 2007 issue. The article entitled 'Death' was one
article which brought forth several stories from readers. I have
emailed them asking for permission to post portions of their sharing
here. While waiting for that, I'd like to share my own two cents'
worth. . . Death is something that I personally feared -- most
especially when I try to imagine how it would be being 6 feet below the
ground in total darkness, no one with you and then feeling the maggots
start to feast on your flesh. Compounded by scenes from horror films,
death is one event I tend not to imagine too much. Would it hurt? Where
will I go? Will I feel myself decompose? Yet such concerns are actually
silly since death means you can't feel how you are decomposing, etc.
There is no actual sensation on your five senses. Such a state though
is hard to imagine since we've never really lived without our
senses...I'm glad though that our Faith tells me there is more to death
than just the end. There is Jesus. I will finally see him face to face!
I won't remain in the grave but will be with Jesus, living a life that
is more than the life that I had here on earth. Given such a prospect,
Death is seen as the doorway, the means to a better life. Seen from
that perspective, my fear lessens. Add to that the promise of seeing
all those who have died in faith as well. The prospect of seeing my
dad, my lolo and all the other relatives I had to say good-bye to the
past years is something to anticipate as well. Death -- gives Life.
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Eternal Rest
Most of the people fear death. Usually, people experience death once and they are dead for good.
I personally believe that it is not death that we fear but something which is beyond death. Maybe it is the uncertainty of what will happen after death, maybe this and maybe that, a lot of maybes but one thing is certain, we will all experience death.
Recently, we have read and heard news that parents kill themselves together with their children because of too much poverty. Some people find that there is no more hope in life. This is the worst death I can imagine, the death of hope. When hope is gone, one cannot see the beauty of life...
It is a challenge for us. Are we agents of hope or advocate of despair?
Together we will see the beauty of the rising sun and feel the warmth of the new day...
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Death & Life
Way back in high school, I started to confront myself with the fear of death, of losing a beloved. But it was too hard to handle. So when a good friend recommended me the book 'Tuesdays with Morrie', I really took the time to read it. I actually read it many times.
Such was a great help to me in realizing the value of life by thinking of my own death; a good help in preparing myself for my own death... Indeed as you try to take each day as your last, you will somehow try to make the best out of your day.
It was just last year when my father died suddenly. I was supposed to be ready by then since he was suffering of cancer. But I was too hopeful that it wouldn't be that soon. And such hope brought me to hardly let him go. Seeing other family members who couldn't accept papa's death, I gathered all my strength to stand strong. As others commented, I was the one graced enough to appear peaceful of papa's death. Yes, it was due to God's grace, the very thing that i was holding on too. Surely, the process I had undergone and the things I had learned in relation to death had somehow helped me. I'm not really done with my father's death but I'm learning to let him go, freeing myself as well of the painful memories that was past. I'm in the process of moving on; just like any grieving individual.
The death of a love one might bring you down, but you can always let it be a lesson to teach you how to live.
God bless the souls of the departed.
God bless all the living, and may God grant us the grace as we live our lives to the fullest.
May we all learn the vaue of life...of what really life is.
(",)
knowledge of God's love
"what frightens me more is the thought of
leaving loved ones behind, now knowing how it feels to be left behind".
someone who just lost her mother to heart attack told me that today. i
share the same feeling, the scare of the thought that im leaving my
loved ones behind.
Dear Lord, may you grant us the grace to accept what is at the end
of our road and may we be comforted at the knowledge of your endless
love.
doorway to heaven
In reality, all of us is going to die and one
common feeling is FEAR. I felt the kind of fear others may experienced
when im still unaware of its true meaning. Like mitzi said, "how it
would be being 6 feet below the ground in total darkness?". We all dont
know when we are going to die and for every second almost hundreds of
people died in different causes. Have we ever ask ourselves if what is
our true purpose why we live?(someone asked me)
Some of us are busy in life's business and material things that make us
satisfy..but then it keeps on viscious cylcle our wants that i dont
know if others will agree with me that we have no satisfaction. We
still looking for things that makes us happy and thats the reality. We
have no time to lift up our divine life and we put too much concerned
about our Human life. All we possess in this world will be gone when we
our going to die and our divine life will be left. How do we develop
our personal relationship with JESUS?have we been aware of that?did our
spiritual life grows?
As mitzi said, "death seen as a doorway to heaven to a better life."
set of changes
The word 'death' is actually very common.But,
my definition of death just came to life the moment my father died. To
be honest, I considered death as the only way to end the suffering of
the human body because since you're dead you cannot experience anything
at all. (I just don't know how true for I haven't experienced that
yet.)
My father didn't die suddenly. He was bed-ridden for months. It was
him who would always say that he won't took long anymore. I should have
prepared for that day to arrive when I can see candles aligned and hear
words of condolence and sympathy. But no matter how much preparation
you make, death will still be painful...and full of doubts.( Now what?)
To live a day with a declaration that you cannot touch the person who
passed away any longer means things will never be the same...
Hence, I defined death as a set of CHANGES.
With all those uncertainty, I still got one thing for sure. I am
100% certain that I have to die. We all have to die... For death is the
only way to see and to live with God eternally...
what's after death?
death is the destination of our body but not in our soul,but sometyms
im just asking myself,what next after death?do im going to heaven?or
hell?i do have faith in God but i did alot of mistakes in past.even
though i ask him to forgave me but still i commit mistakes.Its hard to
found out what really next to death,maybe the final judgement of our
soul.we must be aware and prepare for our soul that someday if the
judgement come,were willing to accept it with our heart.but not alone
But with Jesus.
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