Death- a Reality of Life

So many stay away from the topic of death. So many fear their own
mortality. Realistically, death is a reality , it is a door we all have to
enter one day. It will be the same door, for the powerful, the rich
and famous and for everyone else who ever passed on this Earth.
In death, we are all equal.

There is always a deep sadness that death leaves upon the living. I look
around me and the "old"guards- generation before mine are departing
from this life. I feel and share the pain of family and friends as they say
their final farewell to their loved one. This parting is eternal. It is a
final goodbye.

The pain goes deeper when someone in their youth departs from this life.
Those left behind feel the sadness and loss of a life so young gone, with
hopes and dreams gone as well.

Death is a mystery- where the spirit/ soul goes after this life is even a
more deeper mystery.

BUT- there are memories to be cherished, legacies to be respected and
honored. It is the physical aspect that is gone, but the spirit lives on.