-When was the last time I saw my father and where?
-When he was in a tomb.
I don`t usually start off this way, but his death has motivated me to strive for greatness. His death helped me become the person I am today. Just as hard as the beginning of this essay, life is equally hard. And so as truth!
In the Tibetan dictionary, the word “death” translates into the limit of glance. I see my father standing at the limit of what he had seen. One of our privilege as a human is to be able to see and feel the precious moments. Seeing the sunrise in the morning, raindrops slowly disappearing into the ground, the shooting stars in the night sky, looking at the eyes of your crush when he said he loves you… Limit of glance is the limit of the things you`ve seen and the things you could`ve seen. In the end, we look at the face of death as it is inevitably our fate. The world is beautiful. Evidence of it is life! Life is beautiful, its evidence is death! I believe death is as amazing as life.
I was eleven years old when I first looked at dead. Of all the faces at the funeral what I remember the most was my mother`s. As known to be the toughest of the family, she didn`t shed tears. Her calm, yet cold look made me feel like she`s the one who died and somehow my father seemed more alive than ever. That`s how I came to realize the
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That night I prayed to god to give me the power to be able to protect my family and friends. As long as I have the strength to do that, I don`t care if I am weaker than anyone else. As I felt more and more insignificant, I was giving into my own weakness and hurting the ones I care the most. My heart just couldn`t keep up with the gigantic gap between dreams and reality. Seeing her I understood that we shouldn`t take life or the people that we love for granted. Death isn`t something that can be controlled. That`s why living every day intentionally and purposefully, is what we should strive
Tibetan views on death are focused on nirvana and spiritual perfection. These practices are spiritually meaningful for both the living survivors and the dead. Works Cited 1 Geoff Childs Tibetan Diary From Birth to Death and Beyond in the Himalayan Valley of Nepal (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004) 41. 2 Ibid., 54. 3Ibid., 54.
I feel that the death of Elie’s father is something that will never leave his memory; that is why I think it's perfect to interpret this as a picture.
In conclusion, death is a tragic event that applies everywhere, whether it's in the stories or reality, but for some people it could also be a relief which all depends on how one perceives it. Each author has their own forms of writing and ways of expressing their ideas, but it all led to the same ending. Death seems like a natural process because it happens every day, even if you don't actually witness it. Nobody is immortal, so eventually you'll end up dying sooner or later. The only difference is the way you die, but what difference does that make? When that day arrives, you will only be a body without any feeling or emotion just lying there. Who knows if death is really the end of life?
I figured someone had passed away, but I didn't think much of it. My father spoke to me in a very calm and soft voice with tears in his eyes. In between his words you could hear the hurt. He told me that my godmother had passed away. I sat there not knowing what to say, but could feel the hurt overwhelm me.
“Death is the greatest gift you never want to receive. It is the great equalizer of mankind. For death knows no name, no race, no social class or status. It is the only way man to enjoy a meaningful existence. For if there were no death, there would be no meaning” by Dan McDaniel. In the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Death is consistent throughout the book. Death is found throughout the book as an equalizer, it shows that despite people's thoughts that they are better than one another, or that they will not die until they believe that they are ready, however, that is wrong. Death, in this book, does not discriminate, does not wait, and does not care about human-made hierarchies.
From its inception, Buddhism has stressed the importance of death, since awareness of death is what prompted the Buddha to perceive the ultimate futility of worldly concerns and pleasures. Realizing that death is inevitable for a person who is caught up in worldly pleasures and attitudes, he resolved to renounce the world and devote himself to finding a solution to this most basic of existential dilemmas.
My first experience with death as a child happened when I was eleven years old. My grandfather passed away in his sleep from heart failure. I had spent that night at a girlfriends, when I came home I asked my father where my mother was. He replied simply that my grandfather had passed and she was with my grandmother. It was not discussed any further and I went to my room where I awaited my mothers return. My mother proceeded to explain what happened. I was more concerned with her well being than the death itself. At the time I knew what death was. I had a fascination with death as a child, it was something that greatly interested me. My grandfather had a very traditional funeral. I was very timid and curious at the viewing. I felt uncomfortable
Getting ready to walk into Anna’s hospice room, my anxiety level was escalating. Saying a quick prayer, I asked God to help me find the right words to comfort Anna and her family. Upon knocking on her door, a young lady in her middle 20’s answered the door. Opening the door for me, she informed me Anna was her grandmother and she would like me just to sit with her and that she would return after work. And she left. No get to know you introduction here, very formal, matter of fact, serious kind of girl. No one was going to invade her space. Oh well, I thought, I’m here to help Anna, hopefully Julie will open up later.
Now that I know what death is, I can define it from my perspective. I think death is an aspect of life that everyone will experience. It is the last phase of a person’s life but there is an after death life as some people believe. No one knows when death will knock his door because death does not ask a person’s permission to take his life. It is the time you lose everything you have worked so hard and earned in your life. In addition, many of your beloved people will lose you and miss you.
...ningham, and Reich 40). In addition, it pays no respect to one’s material status. Death, as depicted, also takes no notice of ones beauty and knowledge. Due to these reasons, death is greatly feared for it is considered a tragedy.
My first experience with death occurred when I was around the age of 6. My grandfather on my dad’s side had been diagnosed with lung cancer. I did not know him, he was in India and I had only seen him through pictures my mom had shown me. At that time, I felt nothing, how could I be upset over someone I barely knew? I remember my parents sitting at the table talking about his deteriorating condition. My dad decided to visit India for a month to be with him during his last days. I felt angry, very angry. My dad would be leaving me for a whole month because of that old guy? I mean he brought the lung cancer upon himself maybe he shouldn’t have smoked cigarettes right?
The role of a father in his child’s life extends past the knowledge of far too many, and can oftentimes be eclipsed by the role of the mother. Although the mother’s role is essential and greatly valued in a child’s life and development, the father plays a significant role as well. No mother can fill the father’s place in a child’s heart, for fathers nurture and play differently than a mother. Several studies show that an attendant and highly involved father is critical, especially in the early stages of a child’s life. The absence of a father during this stage can lead to “impaired social and behavioral abilities in adults” (Robert, 2013). But what is the role of the father? This paper discusses the role of the expectant father, the birth experience for him, the transition into fatherhood, and the rise of single fathers.
In my life time, I have experienced many deaths. I have never had anyone that was very close to me die, but I have shed tears over many deaths that I knew traumatically impacted the people that I love. The first death that influenced me was the death of my grandfather. My grandfather passed away when I was very young, so I never really got the chance to know him. My papaw Tom was my mothers dad, and she was very upset after his passing. Seeing my mom get upset caused me to be sad. The second death that influenced my life was the death of my great grandmother. My great grandmother was a very healthy women her whole life. When she was ninety three she had
Everyone has that one person in their life has influenced to be who they are. Some weren’t meant to be looked up to, still somehow that person shaped them to be who they are today. It could be anyone, a friend, teacher, most of the time a parent. A parent that has influenced their child would be a hard parent, who disciplined and showed the real world to their kid, for what it really is. In hopes that their kid will survive the real world and pass on their knowledge to their kids and their children and so on.
Pope John XXIII once said, “It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father”. It is easy for a father to have children, but a challenge for the father to be in the life of the child. My mother grew up without a father. She did not get to meet him until her late twenties. My father's father lost his life at an early age due to gun violence. I, on the other, hand had both of my biological parents.