Many of us rush about and do not take the time to experience our lives. We wake up, go to work, come home and go to sleep only to wake up and start the cycle all over again. Lest you think I am coming down hard on those who work, I am not. What I mean to say is that we need to live our lives and find the joys when we can. Finding joy is not always the easiest of all tasks. Sometimes we just need to move through the rough events as best we can. Sometimes the rough parts of life have given us secret gifts that aid us further in our lives. These times leave marks on our lives, but they do not have to cripple our future. If we live our lives numb to what is around us, we lose out on so much of our lives.
This week I was scrolling through my news feed on Facebook and saw an article, which I wish I had finished about a nursing home changing their procedures around death. What struck me was that they had decided to no longer take the body out the back door anymore but leave through the front door from now on with people gathered to escort them out. It got me thinking about how often in our society we push death aside and wish people would just hurry up and get over someone’s death. Death is part of our lives. We love and we lose those we love in death. As much as we wish this not to be, death happens. We need not sweep their deaths under the rug and pretend it never happened. Those around us can be courageous and come to the memorials or listen to us tell stories when we get back to work. At the least we need not avoid those we know who have had someone they love die recently. That just adds to isolation on all sides. Death can allow us to can reach out of our sheltered lives and bond with each other. We have all known the loss of someone we love. As unpleasant as death is, it is a shared experience. Life gives us opportunities; do not be afraid to acknowledge these difficult events in each other’s lives.
This week I was scrolling through my news feed on Facebook and saw an article, which I wish I had finished about a nursing home changing their procedures around death. What struck me was that they had decided to no longer take the body out the back door anymore but leave through the front door from now on with people gathered to escort them out. It got me thinking about how often in our society we push death aside and wish people would just hurry up and get over someone’s death. Death is part of our lives. We love and we lose those we love in death. As much as we wish this not to be, death happens. We need not sweep their deaths under the rug and pretend it never happened. Those around us can be courageous and come to the memorials or listen to us tell stories when we get back to work. At the least we need not avoid those we know who have had someone they love die recently. That just adds to isolation on all sides. Death can allow us to can reach out of our sheltered lives and bond with each other. We have all known the loss of someone we love. As unpleasant as death is, it is a shared experience. Life gives us opportunities; do not be afraid to acknowledge these difficult events in each other’s lives.
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