Grief, bereavement and death

Today started off and went by like most normal days. The only difference was that I realized late in the night that two of my friends' friends died today of different causes. One was a suicide, and the other was an accident. I had failed to understand their gloom initially.

I guess I have desensitized myself a lot from grief, bereavement and death. I had gone to office, business as usual, on the day of my father's funeral, and no one in office ever suspected that anything was amiss, except for Brato, to whom I had given out a pretty straightforward clue. I, however, told him later that nothing was wrong, which was the truth, since that was my state of mind then.

Today, the 21st of October, 2009, presented a different challenge altogether. I am helpless in front of my friends' grief. It hurts me that I can't really soothe them, or take away their pain. And that hurts me more that the death of someone dear.

My world view is pretty skewed, owing to a skewed upbringing. I've come to accept death as inevitable and mostly unexpected. Death is always waiting around the corner for all those who are living.

I am a lucky chap. I've had too many lucky escapes from the Grim Reaper. Starting from a near miss with a transport bus in 1993 to the latest motor cycle mishap in 2009. A string of possibly fatal accidents and illnesses have left me scarred, but alive. I wonder why I am getting life extensions while many others who truly deserve extensions, should have got them. As with other things, the world is unfair in this arena as well.

Blessed are those who die, for they get to know the reality beyond death, if there is any, and because they shall be remembered as they were, if they live in the memories of the living.

Amen.

Potential Energy

A locomotive engine may be used to run a bike for a life time.

An entire life may pass away in such a manner.