I find it hard to come to terms with my death. I know I won't be here forever, and I believe in God, but I don't know how to accept that I will one day die. I know that I will one day die, but I don't know how to accept it.

I think that something like that would only make me happy and find more ways to enjoy my life and make it more fulfilling.

Sometimes I just have to tell myself that everyone has to do it, just like everyone goes through birth.

Yes it may strengthen us but at what cost? I have thought about this many times when people suffer before they die.

There are times when suffering is allowed, not by a deity but by the people surrounding the person who is ill. Relief is often with held in the hopes that its being withheld will avoid some other consequence that only matters to those who are not ill.

I think it would be great to have a philosophy or belief system to deal with this and the passing of loved ones.

I don't think I have any great words of wisdom, but I find it helpful to consider the countless generations that have passed before us, and realize how relatively short our time in this life is. I think when we go for years without thinking of this, it's harder to realize when we do consider it.

I think it follows that we should try to have our relationships as positive as possible, and avoid negative experiences, especially with our loved ones.

I hope that doesn't sound too vague. They're just some of my thoughts.

Yes, I agree. Everything that God does is for a Cause. I still don't know exactly why Sean is how he is, but I do know that God wouldn't have given him to me unless he had a reason. I know now I cherish my children SO much more than I did before I had Sean and I think that with time I will know what this journey is leading to.

That would have been a very interesting funeral! How did the others in the family react? I don't know if you do much story writing, sagemother, that I think this is a story worth a write!

Coming to terms with death.
 

I think it is really hard to come to terms with death. But if you have faith no matter what your religion might be It will help you to come to terms with death.

Not sure this is necessarily right.

You can't come to terms with death without first coming to terms with life.

What's life for?

You live, you work, you die. What's the point?