Death

Because of certain encounters the past few days, I realised that death is scary. Not just because it can be painful, but because you lose the relationships with the ones you love.

While it may be comforting that the some of the ones you love are in a perfect place and are in safe hands, it is still very painful and scary to know that you'll never see them, feel them, talk to them again.. until the end times or the day you die.

I don't know whether it will be more scary for the person dying or the person living. Perhaps it will be a longer struggle for the one living, but for the person dying, the idea of leaving their loved ones behind can bring feelings of fear, guilt and great sadness as well.

I've never really lost someone that I'm close to before, and I've never encountered a situation that I may be at high risk of dying. I can't fully imagine how difficult it must be.

But with the experience that I have thus far and the feelings that are universal to all human beings, I know it must be really tough, and it must be so difficult and so overwhelming.

I know of someone who may pass away. And even though I'm not close to this person at all, I already have fear of the day that I will never see this person again.

Perhaps with these feelings, I hope that I can be able to better empathize with those who are grieving or have lost their hopes and people that they love. With these feelings, I hope that I will treasure those around me more and also cling onto the hope and comfort that death is not final, at least not for those who belong to Him. I hope to remember that He's always in control and is there, even in the most painful moments.