Grief, in retrospect, is possibly the most common emotion to feel when you are a species such as we, so deeply sentimental over loss, whether it be necessary for our survival or not. We grieve meaninglessly, quite often over something that we have not truly lost, or even truly cared for; nonetheless, we grieve. It is a fundamental part of human nature, and one that I believe really highlights the true essence of us, of our intellectual being and our emotional state. This is not to say, though, that I enjoy the process.
One of the most defining moments that I can recall grieving is the day of my grandfather’s funeral. It was a frigid day in the midst of October, and the congregation stood nestled in a graveyard deep in the valleys of northernmost Wales. The mourners loomed over the mound of freshly dug earth, and were shrouded in their cloaks of black, and, in amongst the throng, I wept for my loss.
Notice the “my”. It is “my loss”. I, amidst my grief, failed to acknowledge, or even remember, the suffering …show more content…
I relish in the pointlessness of humanity, in our lack of purpose, for even the fact that I am able to ponder over this matter is a development that those in the animal kingdom never quite reached. How utterly meaningless my existence is, however, is a fact that I am aware of, and more importantly accept. The most crucial thing that ties humans together is the bonds we form with other people, whether through blood or choice, whether the bond is one of love or of hatred. In each and every conceivable way, we are tied to each other through our choices. Yet in 100 years, our bonds, our thoughts, our lives will be nothing but records for the new generation to look at and wonder how we ever survived without the commodities that they will have, in the same fashion that we do now. After all, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat
One of the most defining moments that I can recall grieving is the day of my grandfather’s funeral. It was a frigid day in the midst of October, and the congregation stood nestled in a graveyard deep in the valleys of northernmost Wales. The mourners loomed over the mound of freshly dug earth, and were shrouded in their cloaks of black, and, in amongst the throng, I wept for my loss.
Notice the “my”. It is “my loss”. I, amidst my grief, failed to acknowledge, or even remember, the suffering …show more content…
I relish in the pointlessness of humanity, in our lack of purpose, for even the fact that I am able to ponder over this matter is a development that those in the animal kingdom never quite reached. How utterly meaningless my existence is, however, is a fact that I am aware of, and more importantly accept. The most crucial thing that ties humans together is the bonds we form with other people, whether through blood or choice, whether the bond is one of love or of hatred. In each and every conceivable way, we are tied to each other through our choices. Yet in 100 years, our bonds, our thoughts, our lives will be nothing but records for the new generation to look at and wonder how we ever survived without the commodities that they will have, in the same fashion that we do now. After all, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat