Life and Death
Jul. 14th, 2003 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cassy_gI just learned earlier today that a friend's neice and great neice (29 and 9 respectively) were killed in a car accident on Saturday evening. Fortunately, the coroner says, they were killed instantly and didn't experience any pain. I never met either of them, but felt I knew them, at least vicariously from the stories my friend told me of them.
At first, I felt a profound sense of loss and mournfulness. I am not sure if this was due to empathy for my friend (who was very close to his neices), or if it had awakened memories of my own losses. Perhaps there is truth in both.
From my own philosophical point of view, death is a natural balance to life. Without death, how would we ever know what it means to live?
I have spent much of the day contemplative over my feelings and my beliefs, trying to reconcile them with one another.
I'm still working on it.
At first, I felt a profound sense of loss and mournfulness. I am not sure if this was due to empathy for my friend (who was very close to his neices), or if it had awakened memories of my own losses. Perhaps there is truth in both.
From my own philosophical point of view, death is a natural balance to life. Without death, how would we ever know what it means to live?
I have spent much of the day contemplative over my feelings and my beliefs, trying to reconcile them with one another.
I'm still working on it.
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Date: 2003-07-14 06:17 pm (UTC)Sometimes things are catalysts for further contemplation and reflection, which can be good I think.
Many condolences...
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Date: 2003-07-14 07:56 pm (UTC)I am doing better now. I just needed time to reflect on it and see the lessons that were being handed to me.
For some reason, when I have sat and meditated on this today, a single thought keeps recurring in the midst of it:
"Those who are filled with life need not fear, for death finds no place in them."
I don't fully comprehend what this is telling me yet. It's almost like when you can't remember someone's name, and it sits in the edge of your thoughts, waiting for you to get there - that's how this feels.
But again, thank you, your thoughts and condolences are deeply appreciated. :)
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Date: 2003-07-15 10:43 am (UTC)It's amazing the gravity that comes about whenever you hear about somebody you knew who died, or somebody close to you who died. We usually wind up putting things on hold we never thought we could put on hold to ponder some very deep things.
Like my fiance, I offer my condolences, glad you're doing better!