Nothing is Ever Lost

[qos]

Through my grief, I am able to take comfort in knowing that this life is not the only life, and that Lohain's death in this body was not his ending. He lives on in another state, and he continues to love me as I continue to love him.

We will be together again.

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death

[professor-mom.livejournal.com]

I wrote an entry with the subject of death on Jan. 13 of this year. I invite you to re-read that entry and see if it brings any comfort to you in your situation now. love and blessings...

Re: death

[qos.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the reminder about this post.

It corresponds to some of what I've received from others about what Lohain is experiencing right now.

[blessed-harlot.livejournal.com]

Your insight is an intuitive part of many religious systems around the world. I definitely think humans are on to something with this one.

[dream-singer.livejournal.com]

Do you know this poem?

Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
I am I and you are you,
whatever we were to each other, that we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference in your tone,
wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow,
laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Pray smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effort,
without the trace of a shadow in it.
Life means all that it ever meant,
it is the same as it ever was.
There is unbroken continuity,
why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you
somewhere very near
just around the corner.
All is well.


Henry Scott Holland 1847-1918
Canon of St Paul's Cathedral

[qos.livejournal.com]

I remember reading it long ago, but had forgotten it until I saw your comment.

Thank you for sharing.