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The loss of a person always brings sadness along with a strong feeling of injustice. Being exposed to suffering and realizing we are powerless can turn our world around and make us feel our life and achievements are worthless. We enter this confusion path, which brings up memories and makes us wonder if we could have done something that would have made the difference.

People around don't really know how to act. Some will try to make you talk; trying to understand how you feel, while others will try to make you laugh, pull you out of your house, avoid the subject and entertain you to keep you from thinking. It helps. To feel loved and cared about, to have friends and family around helps a lot, but the main part is in your head. No matter how persistent your entourage is, the real battle is in you.

Dealing with someone's death is tough. It requires, time, control and most importantly acceptance. Nothing you can do can make a person live again, and letting yourself drawn into misery will only make you feel worse, day after day.

Let it go.
Accept the fact that nothing is permanent, everything around us changes. This, at the same time, is the hardest thing in the world to do and the key to happiness. Take a deep breath and let the idea that the whole world goes through death experiences fill your mind. No matter who and where we are, we are no exception.

To be able to fully live our lives, we need to understand that death is inevitable; it is part of the cycle. It is unfortunately only when they're gone that we realize all the things we didn't take the time to share. We are left with unanswered questions and remorse starts devouring us from inside; feelings that only time and wisdom will allay.

By accepting death, we allow ourselves to stand up and continue with this great challenge that life is. Memories and experience will remain while sadness and suffering will slowly blur.

Tell them you love them!
Take the time to visit the ones you love. Let them know what they mean to you, how they inspire you, how important they are for you. We all will disappear one day, and none of us know when this will happen. There isn't enough time and so many things to do.

If death wasn't part of it, life wouldn't be so precious. Would it?

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