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Sadness
Che
Veteran
I've just attended the fourth funeral in as many months of dear friends. They were all taken by that most insidious spectre, cancer, maybe it's just my age but I get the impression it's becoming more prevalent. The only relief I afford myself is the knowledge that they are in a more serene place now than the agony of the final stages of the disease. May they all be at peace now.
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May they all be at Peace Now
You too.
@Che, I'm so sorry that a thread you have begun, has started on such a sad note for you.
It must be very difficult for you to have endured this. I send you much Metta, and thank you for posting the reminder that however brief our lives, whatever the cause of our deaths, others who care, will be 'left behind' to mourn.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Those back to back funerals can do a number on us, huh?
It'll be ok.....then it'll be alright.
You know we sit with you.
The funeral I attended on Tuesday was a particularly sad one, it was a friend I joined the Navy with in 1963 when we were 15 years old and we were best friends. The previous one was another childhood friend but he didn't want a funeral, he had his wife have him cremated privately and a week later we had a picnic at a beautiful tranquil park on a lake in the country not far away. We had pictures of Johnny around the picnic site with candles burning near them and it was a gentle, spiritual way to farewell our friend. I left that one feeling uplifted by the love we all shared in remembering his life.
Thank you for your kind thoughts here on the forum.
"Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream."
('Diamond Sutra')
That's the one...
My heart to you.
Life can seem to be such a hard proposition at times, the loss of those we know and love is most difficult to bear.