Reap from the 'Reaper'

                  Reap from the 'Reaper'

If there is one thing common between everything that breathes on earth, it is that one day we all die. Or if I were to talk like an optimist, I'd rather say, once we all lived. Death is an irony really. The deceased feels nothing on leaving behind his family, friends, earthly possessions; but the ones he left behind feel the most agonising of human emotions- Loss/Separation/Atrophy.

      When you lose someone to death, a part inside you dies as well. A feeling you felt only with that person dies, the laughter which only that one person could invoke dies, the person that you are when you're with them dies. The ones who die are instead the ones who now live- the people who loved him; who have a hole in their lives now which seldom is filled.

    So why did God make death? Why don't we get to live eternal life? Why is death inevitable? Because at the end of the day, we all have to go home. Maybe the One who sent us felt the same pain when He had to part with us to give us the gift of life. He knew his plan for us. So He sent us on our way with an assurance that one day we'll come back, where He'll reunite with us and we'll be at the better place. 

     So let go. Don't hold on to the ones you've lost. He had an amazing journey and he's going back home to tell his Creator of all the wonderful people he met, all the dreams he fulfilled, all the love he received and all the beautiful emotions he felt. He's indeed at a better place for there's no sorrow, violence, injustice or cruelty there. Death is on the contrary, the gift of life. They may seem like two diametrically opposite things but the reward is always at the end of the race. When you reach that finish line, you look back at your exciting path, and feel content. For now it's time to retire and return. It's His way of telling you that you've done your part and it's time you come back. 

      So if you have lost someone, realise that we have to let them go. We all have to cross that bridge which separates life from death. And when we look back we'll see every person we loved and will always love waving back at us with tear-filled eyes and a small smile on their face. I once read somewhere, "God crumbles up the old moon into stars" . We are those stars on earth and each one has to carry on his journey back to the moon. Accept it. Kiss goodbye. Release.