Coping with death

[Cinjin]

Y'know, sometimes I kinda envy the religious people of the world.

A friend recently died and there's a memorial tomorrow for him. It struck me how 'gone' he is. I mean, if I was a Christian, I could take comfort my belief that he's in heaven. The same would apply to any other religious belief system, really, as long as it includes some form of afterlife. I don't see any evidence that any afterlife exists so instead of being able to take comfort that he's out there somewhere, he's just 'gone.' I actually wish I could take comfort in believing in an afterlife, but I can't make myself believe an unsubstantiated lie.

Does anyone here have any ideas on how to take comfort in a friend's death?

No easy answers to that one, but I can tell you this: just because you don't believe in a creator of the universe doesn't mean you have to rule out an afterlife. No one can ever truly know.

I look at a death of a loved one like this:
Cheers you beautiful someone ... if I ever do see you again, I will be beside myself with joy, and if I don't, I have loved every moment I had and thank you for the life you shared with me.

Death is part of life, and someday, it will be your turn ... and someone will have to mourn your passing.






“The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.”
Michel de Montaigne, 16th Century French Essayist