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It's hard to adequately describe the pain someone feels when they loose someone.
I don't know what it is about death, perhaps it's the realisation that we all will have to face it one day. The circumstances surrounding someone we loved death, makes us think about our own circumstances.. how will we die? Is this why people are so affected by death? By people, I mean people who didn't know the person... let's say, a best friend of you, when someone you love dies, they feel sad for you. Is it because they are sad for you? To a certain extent I think yes, that's called compassion, but I think alot of sadness stems from selfishness, realising how fleeting life is.
A few months ago, I was speaking to someone wise, & we were chatting about my friend who has cancer. We were discussing why people get so upset about it... people who barely knew him, were suddenly asking the circumstances. We chatted about why we thought this may be, & came up with this: When something real happens to someone, not even necessarily someone close, but someone you know of, it rocks us because we all start to think about it happening to ourselves.. what if we were the ones with cancer? You didn't think it could touch that person, they were so healthy, so sporty, so thin... but you start to think of yourself.
Is this all selfish? I don't know. I think it's a natural human reaction. I'm just curious to find out why it takes something huge to happen, someone to get sick, or die, for us to realise how fleeting this life really is. We get sad for a while, then snap back to normal. Just like the other night, I was in bed, thinking I would rather have an ulcer in my mouth, or a mossy bite on my foot, or a stomach ache rather than a pain in my leg.. I would give anything to feel mobile, & fine again.. but yet, when this pain goes away, I won't realise how pain free I am, until I feel sick again.
So are these all signs? Do you think we are trying to be told something, by our sufferings & trials?
I don't know what it is about death, perhaps it's the realisation that we all will have to face it one day. The circumstances surrounding someone we loved death, makes us think about our own circumstances.. how will we die? Is this why people are so affected by death? By people, I mean people who didn't know the person... let's say, a best friend of you, when someone you love dies, they feel sad for you. Is it because they are sad for you? To a certain extent I think yes, that's called compassion, but I think alot of sadness stems from selfishness, realising how fleeting life is.
A few months ago, I was speaking to someone wise, & we were chatting about my friend who has cancer. We were discussing why people get so upset about it... people who barely knew him, were suddenly asking the circumstances. We chatted about why we thought this may be, & came up with this: When something real happens to someone, not even necessarily someone close, but someone you know of, it rocks us because we all start to think about it happening to ourselves.. what if we were the ones with cancer? You didn't think it could touch that person, they were so healthy, so sporty, so thin... but you start to think of yourself.
Is this all selfish? I don't know. I think it's a natural human reaction. I'm just curious to find out why it takes something huge to happen, someone to get sick, or die, for us to realise how fleeting this life really is. We get sad for a while, then snap back to normal. Just like the other night, I was in bed, thinking I would rather have an ulcer in my mouth, or a mossy bite on my foot, or a stomach ache rather than a pain in my leg.. I would give anything to feel mobile, & fine again.. but yet, when this pain goes away, I won't realise how pain free I am, until I feel sick again.
So are these all signs? Do you think we are trying to be told something, by our sufferings & trials?