Widows Quest » afterlife http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest Redefine Yourself and Rediscover Life after a Loss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Ideas on Living Life http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/ideas-on-living-life/ http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/ideas-on-living-life/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:02:12 +0000 Anna Farmery http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/?p=1776 Post from: Widows Quest

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overthe rainbowThe loss of a child, well I just cannot imagine the pain. I cannot imagine finding the strength to write about it but I was emailed about a book from Shirley Enebrad. Now I haven’t read the book but wanted to share some of the story and lessons from cancer

  • More children die from cancer than all of the other diseases combined,

  • “The flip side of placing a high value on human life is the fear of dying,” said Enebrad, author of Over the Rainbow Bridge “My son, Cory, never looked at that side of the coin. He only saw life, and he envisioned his life as nothing more – and nothing less – than an opportunity to inspire others.”

  • “He asked me to write this book to help teach people that death is not the end and that we should not be afraid,” she said. “He loved the message in the song ‘The Rose,’ especially the lyric ‘those afraid of dying cannot learn to live.’

  • Cory also wanted to share his ideas on living life, no matter the circumstances:

    • Live like there’s no tomorrow, love with all your heart and laugh until your spirit lights up!
    • There is an afterlife where our soul/essence/spirit lives on.
    • No matter what happens — choose happiness.
    • Helping people helps you to grow as a person.

  • “Cory’s life was about teaching people how to live, to make every moment count and that life is a gift.”

You know why is it that those who are dying are often the ones with the strength? Why are those who die so rational? Why is it that the living think more about death and the dying think about living….

(30% of net proceeds from his biography will be donated to Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Western Washington (WWA) and CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation)

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]]> Oh wow, there are times when my heart just aches at the pain of death. Rather than comment too much I will let you read a blog post from a soldier who died – he left a blog post to be published in case of his death.

Here is a snippet but suggest you read his thoughts in full -

“What I don’t want this to be is a chance for me, or anyone else, to be maudlin. I’m dead. That sucks, at least for me and my family and friends. But all the tears in the world aren’t going to bring me back, so I would prefer that people remember the good things about me rather than mourning my loss. ”

The last phrase touched my heart like no other

“I don’t know if there is an afterlife; I tend to doubt it, to be perfectly honest. But if there is any way possible, Amanda, then I will live up to Delenn’s words, somehow, some way. I love you.”

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