Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Sunday, June 13, 2010

5 Stages Of Broken Relationship Grief - How To Overcome Them

By Louis Cruz

Broken relationship grief and emotional grief are not much different. In fact they are about the same since emotional grief also has five stages. They both consist of the loss of someone special. Losing somebody you really love is a very hard event in life. But we all must at some point in the road of life encounter this experience. So knowing the five stages and becoming familiar with the stage in which you are will let you conquer and allow you to endure this hard time.


Denial

A disposition of denial usually happens following a breakup of a close and intimate relationship. A relationship that existed for years and all of a sudden is ended could be very traumatic. You might one day come out of work and expect your ex to be outside waiting for you when you then recall that you broke up and your ex is not coming. You realize then that he or she will never be picking you up at work anymore. This may be a challenging situation to swallow. So you tell yourself, "Is this really happening", or "this cannot be".

Anger

The second stage involves the experience of anger. Each of the stages is crucial but this stage is delicate. With this stage you might be at the chance of manifesting your anger in the wrong manner and to the wrong folks. You may get angry at God. But trust me he is not guilty. Crazy things may go through your mind. You may even have thoughts of doing something negative to your ex as well as rejecting the people who so dearly love you and are trying all they can to give you loving care and comfort in this moment of difficult emotions. This is definitely a stage where you have to make an effort to think prior to talk and dedicate a lot of time to meditation.

Bargaining

This is a very crucial stage. What makes this stage difficult is that the pain is making you wish that nothing is happening and that everything will go back to the way it was before. You wish it to be normal once more. So you start bargaining with your ex making promises hoping that you may convince your ex to come back to you. You may also end up making promises to God hoping that he will assist you to get everything you want. Or perform some miracle or something like that. You get false hopes in this stage. You are still trying to hang on to fake hopes and still suffering from denial.

Depression

During this period you happen to be finally recognizing and feeling that all is lost and that you there are no prospects of you fixing your relationship with your ex. So you sink into the stage of depression. You cannot see a clear foreseeable future. You cannot understand what the future will hold for you and you begin to experience sadness and inner thoughts of bitterness and frustration. The emotions are overpowering and cause you to feel sorry for yourself. You also feel helpless. Each one of these feelings is in their peak with this stage. Of all stages this is a time to look for support in the individuals who love you. They could be family or friends. You must not lose faith at all. Lift your eyes up to God if you're a spiritual person and use all means possible to overcome this phase of melancholy. Realize that as time goes on, you certainly will overcome this phase and realize that the future is really not that dim. You can still find many beautiful things in your life and beautiful people to meet with. This takes us to the next stage.

Acceptance

You have gone through some serious stages of grief due to a broken relationship. But now you have fortunately come to the stage of acceptance. Despite the fact that the majority of the previous feelings still exist but you are not combating a great deal against destructive thoughts and false thoughts of hope. This stage of acceptance is not a stage of resignation. Put simply, you just have not given up on life. Quite the opposite, you now accept that you will not be sharing your life with your ex and reset your mind to accept this new life and realized that there is a future without your ex. You are driven to develop your goals gradually so that you can insure a bright future. You also recognize that your broken relationship is in the past and that you must go forward.

As you undergo these stages you will finally get to the phase in which you will appreciate the things you experienced through this difficult time. Continue to look for support in people and always have someone you can speak with. Pray and meditate a lot.

And remember that hundreds of others are going through your same ordeal. You are not alone. You can and will survive this broken relationship grief.

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Memorial Headstone Sayings And Inscriptions

By Tom Tree

Burying a loved one is never easy. We all know how hard it can be. However, the legend you leave behind with memorial headstone sayings and inscriptions are important for the headstone is more for the living. Don't get us wrong, they do honor the deceased, but the words read tell people who you were. That is why there are so many different ones that you can choose from.

Many who are Christians or who have a religious affiliation like to put their favorite verse from the Bible. They find the ones that talk about the life after. It's sort of a nice thing if that is what you believe in. These are just one of the many examples of sayings. To go with that they put their religious symbol as the inscription.

Others choose words of comfort for those who mourn them. It might be something from a poem. It might be something from a song even. These words come from the heart and are there to make the burden light that one might be feeling when a loved one has departed.

Some people like to reference their status. This is especially true for the more notable things that one might belong to. For instance, the military seal can be engraved. To go with those, some have quotes about serving for your country. Others might have a verse from a poem that might tell what they achieved in life.

The last thing that some choose are words of comfort. When you think about the headstone saying, it's not for the dead which these are made. They are made for those who grieve so that they can easily find their departed loved one. So, during these times, the family might like to have a few words of encouragement. For those who are religious, this might be something referring to being with their Heavenly Father. Yet, for some, it might just be remembering the good times.

Whatever you choose, make it come from the heart. It sets a tone for who you were. There are some people who just love looking through graveyards for the different headstones that are there. You can learn a lot about a person from these. So, leave your mark.

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