Questions: Religion & Spirituality

I have been noticing a lot of people on here asking what does their dreams mean and I want know what everyone thinks.

If you have not yet experienced the death of someone close to you, it will eventually happen. Perhaps it will be a grandparent, a friendly older neighbor, or maybe a classmate, or even a sibling. The only way for you to avoid dealing with the death of a loved one is for you to die at a very early age.

I have been contemplating death recently as my mother will soon be 88 years old and my step-father will soon be 89 years old. They are both in poor health and I expect they will not be alive much longer.

I was 19 when my maternal grandfather died. Everyone focused on my grandmother and their children but they forgot that for many of the grandchildren, this was their first time experiencing death.

Whatever remained of my innocence at that age abruptly packed its bags and left town. It mattered - some - that it was my grandfather who had died, but it was much more significant that I was forced to confront my own mortality. There was nothing I could have done to prepare myself for how death affected me and there is nothing that I can say that will prepare you, except that you should expect it to have a very significant impact on your life.

Have you had this experience? Do you have any words of wisdom to pass along for those who follow behind us on this path?