It’s Not The End, It’s Just The Beginning One summer morning I awoke to the chirping of my cell phone. As I looked at my lock screen and saw hundreds of messages, confusion set in. On a normal day, I never have this many. When I checked to see what they were, I discovered that they were all concerning my best friend. They said “I’m so sorry for what happened, it’s unbelievable.” Stumbling down the stairs, I searched for my mother. When I found her, tears were streaming down her face. She choked out “He’s gone.” My emotions hit me like a bus and I immediately spiraled into depression. The grieving process had started and it was awful. Eventually, I learned it was necessary in order to heal. Grief marks our memories with sadness and pain; however,
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Reincarnation assumes that until a person who is born perfect lives a perfect life, they will continue to be reincarnated indefinitely. In the grieving process, the goal is not to achieve perfection but rather simply to become better through each experience. Going through the grieving process will never permit someone to become perfect. Furthermore, reincarnation is a belief where the end result is everlasting peace, while grief will only mend a broken heart. Finally, the grieving process is very real, and widely accepted and experienced by everyone, but reincarnation is just a theory only accepted by a fraction of peopled their way. Unbearable sorrow, keen suffering, and grief is undeniably part of everyone's life. Everyone experiences grief whether they are ready or not. I was not ready to experience grief at age 16 when my friend died. It required an enormous amount of time for me to heal and it altered my personality for ever. After months of depression, anger and finally acceptance, I learned life lessons about the power of healing and now I’m a stronger individual and feel “reborn.” I have learned to appreciate everything that I have and know that nothing in life is certain. Through the grieving process, I have become who I am
Reincarnation assumes that until a person who is born perfect lives a perfect life, they will continue to be reincarnated indefinitely. In the grieving process, the goal is not to achieve perfection but rather simply to become better through each experience. Going through the grieving process will never permit someone to become perfect. Furthermore, reincarnation is a belief where the end result is everlasting peace, while grief will only mend a broken heart. Finally, the grieving process is very real, and widely accepted and experienced by everyone, but reincarnation is just a theory only accepted by a fraction of peopled their way. Unbearable sorrow, keen suffering, and grief is undeniably part of everyone's life. Everyone experiences grief whether they are ready or not. I was not ready to experience grief at age 16 when my friend died. It required an enormous amount of time for me to heal and it altered my personality for ever. After months of depression, anger and finally acceptance, I learned life lessons about the power of healing and now I’m a stronger individual and feel “reborn.” I have learned to appreciate everything that I have and know that nothing in life is certain. Through the grieving process, I have become who I am