forebodings
Today in the morning I was considering how we cope with the loss of loved ones, or just people near us. I even considered writing a post about it, but then had second thoughts about it - mostly because I (fortunately) haven't suffered a loss recently.
A few hours ago I heard that a colleague of mine from university has died. She was young, talented, and a sunny personality.
I can't believe it (because I'm a skeptic, and the information of her passing was only in a news source I've never heard about. And the way she went should have been covered in at least one of the major sources I regularly use. And, you know, because I just can't believe it).
But that reminds me of that moment in my life when I'd start drawing abandoned cemeteries, and a few days later a friend of mine would lose a loved one (I stopped thinking of that as a coincidence about the 3rd time it happened).
Anyway, not much one can do at such times. Probably think of ways to show our appreciation of the people still around us (which we all know we should do, but more often than not we don't). Probably reconsider our way of life. Or just continue as before and, against all odds, hope for the better.
EDIT: going to a friend's place for dinner and a movie, and seeing a necrologue for the person you can't believe is dead hanging on the door of the building, is kind of convincing.
A few hours ago I heard that a colleague of mine from university has died. She was young, talented, and a sunny personality.
I can't believe it (because I'm a skeptic, and the information of her passing was only in a news source I've never heard about. And the way she went should have been covered in at least one of the major sources I regularly use. And, you know, because I just can't believe it).
But that reminds me of that moment in my life when I'd start drawing abandoned cemeteries, and a few days later a friend of mine would lose a loved one (I stopped thinking of that as a coincidence about the 3rd time it happened).
Anyway, not much one can do at such times. Probably think of ways to show our appreciation of the people still around us (which we all know we should do, but more often than not we don't). Probably reconsider our way of life. Or just continue as before and, against all odds, hope for the better.
EDIT: going to a friend's place for dinner and a movie, and seeing a necrologue for the person you can't believe is dead hanging on the door of the building, is kind of convincing.