Across my road, there was a man and his mother who lived there for years, i always saw them, especially when i was young, now i am 16 and i still saw them everyday, they were lovely, the man was about 73, the woman was about 93, and just the other day i saw a body leaving the house in a coffin or something, and i later realized that the mother had died 3 months earlier and the son had just died, we think it may be suicide... or just a coincidence... it;s so sad, makes me think, death is so sad don;t you think?
2007-06-18 00:04:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Death is sad for those people who want to shy away from the eternal truth. It is sad for you , especially.
This is because you have chosen to isolate yourself from the world . You say you are JUST across the road where the two were living . Yet you were not sure how , when the elder lady died and then the other. From this distance I feel that indeed you are very afraid of death. We cannot be like the ostricht in life , which when it buries its head in the sand thinks that it has escaped from the world.
No friend. we need to face it in life. If there is one thing that is or sure it is death. So why worry? You are 16 and you need not worry about it for another 100 long years . But when someone , in your neighbourhood departs share the sorrow with their people.
You will be amazed in a short time that in 8 out 10 cases the people around the dead will tell you that Death was a relief for the departed.
2007-06-18 02:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by YD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, do you, or for that matter, any of us know what death really is? We know that the human body is left behind to be cremated or buried, but where does the soul travel?
We feel sad because we do not see the departed in their physical form ever again, but they live on in our memories. The truth is one can't grieve over the departed for ever. There are too many issues of daily survival that take over your mind.
Your story makes me want to ask you a question. In your 16 years, how many times did you find the time to sit and chat with the two old people - understand their emotions, their motivations, their joys, their sorrows? If you struggle for an answer, you know what to do with senior citizens in the future.
Remember, one day, you will take their place.
2007-06-18 07:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by Rajesh Iyer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death, while a natural part of life, does make one think about the future, the what-ifs, the inevitable. As a society, I don't think we value the elderly the way that we did in the past. This is a sad story you tell. A man living with his mother, taking care of her, probably devoting his old age to taking care of her. Two people who are that close often die close to each other. It's more often the significant other of the deceased, and in this case, I think that applies. He had a purpose to his life, then one day, she was gone. It probably wasn't suicide, though. It was a matter of his meaning being gone. The elderly sometimes die of being left behind.
2007-06-18 07:19:17 · answer #3 · answered by Livie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, death is sad... even if we don't really know the one who died, we grieve when we see such things concerning it. We can grieve and cry all we want but remember, that the world goes on turning and life goes on... Time heals and death is a call to new life... a life that has been promised to us by Jesus Christ.. The relatives' world may stop for a while, but surely, it will go on and the tears will dry up. Death is sad... but those two's suffering has finally ended. God Bless you, kid.
2007-06-18 07:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by Kristine U 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death is Always a wake-up call to life. It's part of the cycle of life and these people lived for a long time. Now, they're at rest. The best advice I ever heard was: "Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." (Mark Twain) We are not immortal, but our works and our ideas can be if we live a good and creative life.
2007-06-18 07:11:49 · answer #5 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, death is very sad, that's why i wish our media wasn't so cavalier about it. while death is the last step of a natural cycle, we remember fondly the people we knew, so in a way, they live on in us. attachments between two (or more) people can be so strong, that even medicine allows that people seem to give up and wither away when a loved one passes.
2007-06-18 07:17:01 · answer #6 · answered by sugarbabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is very sad. i lost my grandparents 5 yrs ago and they were more like my mum and dad. i still get upset now but i found that going to a spiritualist church helped alot. try not to think of the bad things like seeing the body being taken away think of them being together in spirit being young and well again having a nice time where ever they are. if it doesn't frighten you to you can always speak to them even if you say hello to them in your head when you pass their house. take care x
2007-06-18 07:12:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death is upsetting, but i think of it a an opportunity to celebrate their life and look upon them in a positive light - even if you barely knew them. it's ok to shed a tear, but death is not sad
2007-06-18 07:26:39 · answer #8 · answered by deepazure 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death is part of life, the end of life, can't spend a great deal of time worrying about something that we all will have in common.
2007-06-18 07:06:52 · answer #9 · answered by gamerunner2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋