Thank you:)
I am not a religious person
I'm surprised. I thought all Venezuelans were 😆 I am NOT religious either, but my dad was. He was a preacher and my entire family has unquestionably strong religious beliefs.
It must have been difficult losing your mum at such a young age and becoming the person you are today 🤗
I do believe that whatever comes after here and now is a rebirth and when that time comes, we will always be ready for it even if we don't understand it now.
That I agree on.
Question of whether there is balm in Gilead.
Thanks for that. I learned something new that I can research.
Strangely, I was assigned to read a Bible scripture at the funeral. Something that I NEVER do. The request was not discussed in the funeral planning, and when I saw me down for it on a draft programme, my instant reaction was to decline to do it. I thought about it, read the scripture, analysed it, and interpreted it. I went ahead as it's something my dad would have smiled at.
I have accepted his death and also know that my dad accepted dying.
Death is an interesting topic that I'm never shy of speaking about, but the questions that I have about rebirth and nirvana etc, are conflicting in many ways... due to my being non-religious, my daily practices of yoga and Qi Gong make me process and accept things in different ways.
and today, more than a couple of decades later, I still miss her
That's beauty. That's love ❤️
The first time I encountered the Balm in Gilead theme was not in the Bible but in Poe's The Raven. The man, the speaker, asked the Raven is there was Balm in Gilead as he tried to confirm several theories by which he might've some hope that his torment for the loss of his beloved would end; in the end the Raven's answer was always the same, "Nevermore," and the suffering was all of his in his uncertainty, while his beloved would be, well, wherever she was, far away from his understanding.
There are many Catholics in Venezuela and many evangelical Christians and Jehovah's Witnesses. Well, I have a repertoire of apostolic and Roman Catholic and Protestant Catholic interjections that I use every day; things that in English would be like, Holy Mother of God! Holy Christ! For Christ Sake! And my favorite, God! As an agnostic who was raised Catholic, I answer the question of my definition of God as, "my favorite interjection", haha. I mean no offense.
Love is the best answer. Love your father and all the memories. "Love conquers all" ❤️
Wow! All this here is interestingly intriguing, and I'll need another coffee to process it all.
Thank you for your wisdom ❤️
Thank YOU for sharing your insights; it's been so heartwarming to me. Death is a difficult topic always.
Indeed! Death is a topic that many don't want to discuss, but I have no problem talking about it. His death has brought foremost some things (regarding after my passing) that I would like to put in place, that I need to do further thinking on:)