Putting Words Around Loss

“The life of the dead consists in being present in the minds of the living." Cicero

How do people fill in the void and depression once a loved one passes on?

One can reflect and reminisce over the memory of the lost loved one through death poems or song lyrics. They can help ease the pain and confusion that is in the aftermath of the tragedy of a lost love one. The ramifications of death are a blow to anyone. Death is celebrated, embraced, and feared throughout the world. Death poems and parables are found in customs, traditions, and ceremonies in reaction to death around the world. They help with coping with the confusion and disarray left in place of family death or close friend now gone.

Death is considered from many cultures and religions in many standpoints from around the world. Death is a part of our lives and we deal with the death of a loved one, discuss the religious or philosophical significance of death. We lament the tragedies and accomplishments in the process of dying and try to explain life after death. On significant dates like anniversaries, birthdays or holidays, loss is often acutely & excruciatingly felt. A memorial, story telling or acknowledging the heartache is a healthy way to move ahead in grief. ( Look for another post to follow on memorials)

"If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever.” This quote expresses how to keep those lost loved ones still alive in our thoughts and our hearts.

The dead add their strength and counsel to the living.
Hopi

Life is weaker than death, and death is weaker than love.
Khalil Gibran

They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind.
Tuscarora

The whole world is a dream, and death the interpreter.
Yiddish

Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way.
Blackfoot

There is more time than life.
Mexican

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Cherokee

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
Meister Eckhart

I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
Jesus

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