On an individual level, when we die, our possibilities obviously end: possibilities to create a family, achieve goals, make improvements on an emotional, family, and friendship level, and we can add a whole other list of things to this.
While it is true that I have not cried for every person I know who has died, I have clearly cried for those closest to me, for example my father, also a man who died while we were starting a relationship (it was a short, intense and super beautiful relationship; I could not believe it had lasted so little), for some people although I may not have cried I have been left with indignation, sadness, all depending on how or why the person left this world.
Personally, I'm trying to deal with the idea of dying. I mean, I'm aware that we're going to die—it's one of life's most certain realities. But whenever someone I know dies, I repeat for weeks in my mind what's the point of coming into the world and knowing you're going to die? What's the point of the fact that every day, and more precisely, every second, there's the possibility of dying?
There's a saying that goes, "As long as there's life, there's hope," which is practically the same as the title I gave this post, with a few words changed. I've heard it said that we come to this world to be happy. I think that's what people who practice esotericism say; at least that's who I've heard it from the most. In the Bible, it refers to the fact that we come to worship God.
But in general, I think we will have a concrete answer precisely when we die. I insist that this is something I believe.
Whatever the truth may be, and even if we don't have a definitive answer, there is one thing that is true. Knowing the high probability of death teaches us the importance of living in the present and trying to live it as best we can. The past is in the past, and we can only obtain the experience and wisdom it left us. The future, as you know, is uncertain; we don't know if we'll live to see it through. So my conclusion is that we should live. And knowing that we are also spirit, let's not live only feeding the flesh, but also filling our spirit, because after death, that is what remains of the spirit.
And this is the end of this reflection. I embrace you with affection, sincerely, Johana Quilter 