posted February 02, 2007 04:32 PM         

this thread is for you.

i found something for you:

.............

Death is not the end
Death can never be the end.

Death is the road.
Life is the traveller.
The Soul is the Guide

Our mind thinks of death.
Our heart thinks of life
Our soul thinks of Immortality.

-Sri Chinmoy

posted February 02, 2007 04:38 PM         

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!

Mary Frye (1932)

posted February 02, 2007 04:47 PM         

please check out this website. it helped me understand so much about death, and in the process about life itself, it changed my views completely.
http://www.nderf.org/

If you don't know where to start, i'd recommend you read this:
http://www.nderf.org/mary_w's_nde.htm

this article touched a place in my heart, like nothing else had ever before. it answered so many unvoiced questions that i had. if nothing else, i hope it helps you get strength and the belief that death is never the end.

posted February 02, 2007 04:52 PM         

What you have taken the time to write me is one of the one significant things I will remember for the rest of my life.

I am crying but there is a joy in knowing there are angels like you in the world.

My Deepest Thanks To you.....You and the kind words I hear from the others members are helping me to come out of the isolated state I have been in for a long long time. I have been frozen. Feeling numb over all this but I have to live to. And while he is alive, I should be too so at least we can enjoy each other right now and believe and say that we know we will see each other again one day and that this is not the end.

posted February 02, 2007 05:22 PM         

One Night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonged to him and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.

posted February 02, 2007 09:31 PM         

Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on.

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never go till we're one

Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we'll always go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

There is some love that will not
go away

You're here, there's nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

posted February 03, 2007 11:02 AM         

These words and your kindness mean so much to me!

This is such a confusing time in my life and the sadness has overwhelmed me at times but i am glad i have let it out and i glad that kind people like yourselves can be understanding and offer such perpective.