Monday, May 12, 2008

This past week I was reminded of a valuable truth. We are all born, we live, and we die. Death is as much a part of the life cycle as birth. And though we look joyously on birth, perhaps we also need to look joyously on death, as that means another step of the life cycle has been completed, and another cycle can start. Now that is not to say we should not cry, or be sad, for those that we love are gone. However, sorrow should be felt that they will no longer walk with us, not that they will no longer live. I believe they will live, in another way, and still be able to learn and grow and become greater than they could be while being held back by mortallity. Indeed, I suppose that when the time comes for me to die, I would like those I leave behind to feel sorrow that I am no longer here, but rejoice that I once was, and that I will be again. Rejoice that someday they too will be able to be with me again. So while death is a sorrowful occasion, as it should be, I believe we should also be able to celebrate the life they had, and the life that we have because of them.