As stated in previous writings, it is only natural to run from death. Death often implies the end of survival, and we all want to survive, in some form or another. However, death is inescapable. It cannot be outrun. It cannot be outlasted. Death is a part of who we are. Throughout our lives we build so much, we accumulate so many things; we often forget that release of all that stuff is inevitable. Like those things, every relationship will dissolve eventually. Every idea must fade. And, therein lays the most profound truth. Death is not the end of life but the revealing of truth. Death is the release of an idea. All of the pain and suffering we go through is not because a loved one has faded, but because our ideas about that loved one no longer hold the same reality. We can no longer hold that person. We can no longer touch them, laugh with them, and call them when lonely. And while the release of such a relationship can seem dreadful, I implore you to listen: Allow for death to unfold. Do not fight reality. When that loved one has passed, when that relationship has faded, allow for death to take its course.

All of life is like that of the weather. We love the days when they are bright and sunny. Most of us, pray for the good times that come with warm summer day at the beach. But those cloudy, rainy days are just as important. For, they release pressure from the sky. They nourish the land with vital elements. Death is like that of a rainy day. Though it might not be what you wanted, it is indeed the release you need.