Now Is the Time to Talk

If we are ever to get beyond the fear we have of death we’ll have to talk about it with one another. We may be surprised at what we discover!

There will inevitably come a time for each of us when Death becomes part of our life. Then, in an instant, it can dominate our lives and our attention for days and months, and in some cases, years.

So why do we take such little time, if any, to consider what will, at some time, inevitably become a major part of our live? Why don’t we talk with each other about it, and learn from one another. Usually, we don’t try to understand it, and we fail to prepare ourselves for it! No wonder then, when Death comes calling, most of us are left confused and bewildered, feeling lost and powerless!

The best time to talk about Death is long before its shadow even begins to cross our doorstep. There is so much that could be learned in conversation with others who have experienced loss; so much that we could be sharing to deepen our understanding of this final transition. We could learn of options to empower ourselves when the time comes in our own lives that we lose a loved one.

With this broader perspective, we would be better able to appreciate the lens death offers us to gaze into the Mystery of our existence. A new and more conscious perspective which could lift us to a place more of humility and gratitude than leave us rudderless in pain and grief.

As a bonus, once we can are in such a state, we are better prepared to receive the kind of signs and messages that so many have reported receiving after a loved one has departed; the confirmation that the person we thought was lost is still “alive,” aware of us, and loving us from wherever they are.

When we are free to become curious about death, and  understand more of what  it brings, when it visits, it will arrive as a familiar acquaintance who was expected, and not as a Grim Reaper to be dreaded.