I had a strangely soothing thought today:
What if I were dead?
I suppose that only those
Who have suffered great loss will understand.
While you’re alive,
There is always the possibility
That you might do something more
To change the outcome.
But once you’re dead,
That’s the end of it.
Once you’re dead,
You must accept that what you were is enough.
And there is great comfort in that.
Not only that,
But once you’re dead,
You lose the ability to change things through your words, your actions.
Prayer and spiritual connection
Becomes your only link
To this world.
So for one
Who hasn’t given up on this world
But who has been estranged from those he loves
It might help to accept the inevitable early.
