Thoughts on the Inevitable...

It seems as though when one person dies it has a rippling effect. My Dad passed away 9 short months ago and this morning my Grandpa(his father) passed on as well. Death is a funny thing because it is inevitable and it will happen to all of us yet it is a difficult thing to deal with. It brings memories( and emotions that we carry along with those memories)to the forefront. I think of death as not being the end of life but the end of any sort of pain and suffering they were enduring. Everyone believes something different based on their individual spirituality. Some believe in heaven and hell, some believe in reincarnations, some believe they are still here or alive in spirit but their physical being no longer exists and some people believe they are just gone...asleep forever. Whatever the case is, they are no longer a part of our world and our daily lives but their memories live on in each of us that knew them. Death causes us to celebrate someone's life here on this earth and remember the things that they had done. Inevitable tragedy brings great strength to anyone who endures it...death is the perfect example of this. It is easier to cope when someone has lived a full life. My Dad died at only 52 years of age and it came quickly and as quite a shock, yet my Grandpa had lived a full life and had slowly been declining. This made me realize that depending on age and cause, death can have a very different impact on those left to mourn. The sun has set for the last time on the life of someone I loved but I will always remember the days when the sun was shining.
I don't make a habit out of quoting the bible but this Ecclesiastes quote epitomizes the point I am trying to make, there truly is a time for everything(good or bad):

"For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace."