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Right in our face

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I can’t help but feel that very serious issues have been presenting themselves, right in my face. First, news of terminal illness in my immediate family, then the infection of Ashoka Mukpo, part of our community, with the Ebola virus (Thank goodness, he is ok now!). Then the shootings in Ottawa. It’s serious stuff. I have never heard something dominate the news like that since you-know-what. At the same time, I can’t help but think this: sickness and death happens all around us, all the time.

I am really not trying to make a political statement here, nor pass any judgement, I am merely interested in examining our reaction to such news, including my own. It’s as if we only recognize suffering when it is in our own backyard, we only face the possibility of death when someone in our family, on our block, in our town, in our nation’s capital is suddenly faced with it. The causalities that lead to each death are widely varied. How sad that issues of mental health once again get swept under the rug, and fear-mongering and finger pointing ensues.

Yet the fact that death is a simple fact of life, remains. This fact is shown before us all the time, particularly this time of year. Here in the Northern hemisphere, we clearly felt the shift in season last week. Just like every year, even the colourful autumn leaves lost their brightness; it’s as if the colour has been drained out of them, in preparation for their death.

The decline of health, the loss of life, these are always difficult, there is no doubt. We can extend our kindness and support to those immediately effected, and they in turn must be allowed to grieve. We must not shy away from facing their suffering with them.
And we could take their pain as a reminder that our life on this earth is a fragile and temporary thing. Let’s treasure it.

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