I am grateful for my health....for the roof over my head. For my family, blood and not.....For my friends and what binds them to me. I look in grief on my world sometimes, only to be reminded now and again by things outside myself that I am wealthy beyond words.
An acquaintance of mine, fellow fan of of one particular band, is facing his own mortality, and there is nothing anyone can really do. There is no cure for MS, only things to help one cope a little longer in this life. He has been writing things lately that make me think he wants to give up this fight of his, and it saddens me horribly. He has always been a feisty fellow, someone with a strong zest for life, even when faced with a shortened one.
We each must face death eventually, and most of us don't do it with a whole lot of grace. There is a certain level of fear in most of us about the unknown, and death is probably the biggest unknown there is. The only thing I can tell anyone is to hold onto whatever belief you have about the afterlife, because it is what can give you comfort as the time creeps closer....and it does, for all of us. Wondering if you are right matters not, because if what is there is truly oblivion, no one will ever know. If faith of any kind makes your life better here, as long as you harm none in the doing, then that faith has served its purpose.
I wish I could offer my friend more than just parables and condolences. Sometimes, one can do only so much. The walk must be faced alone at times. He has hit one of those times, and must find whatever path he will choose on his own. For myself, this is one of the times I find that words fail me. Nothing I say or do will make any real changes for him. Ultimately, he will be the one to change things.
I've said it maybe too much in this blog, but I cannot emphasize enough: appreciate what you have. No matter the darkness around you, you are far richer than you may think. When the world starts getting you down, look around with open eyes. A moment's pain can be waylaid by realising you have support all around you.
namaste