It's a Shame....

I have been raised to weep when a child is born to the world and celebrate when they die as they no longer will experience any form of suffering. I suppose what I have been taught holds a great deal of truth as we are told that when we say it is a shame, and or weep it is because we are selfishly hurting for what we feel is our loss. We are suppose to celebrate, but we are humans with feelings so I see where I included hurt over losses.

"It's a shame..." does not necessarily imply that we don't believe in a life hereafter. As you said, we will miss them, as well as family and others left behind. Personally, I do believe that there is something else, but if my pets aren't there, I'd rather go to where ever they end up.

Yeah, I know. This always amuses me. It started way back when I went to boarding school. The school was in the same complex as "the Mother House" and we had a couple of elderly nuns pass away while I was there. There was a requiem Mass for the departed and all was very solemn and sombre including a few dirges thrown in for good measure. I remember thinking...."Huh?" (wtf!!!??? was not invented then or if it was, I was too young to know about it). why all the sadness?...the woman is going to be with God, the God she has adored her whole life practically. Should this not be a celebration for her? Maybe if this was the attitude the family would not feel so grief stricken either.

I think it's our physical emotions reacting to the deaths, especially if they're murders or accidental deaths, of course we're going to be sad and wonder how the family will cope with the deaths of their loved ones. We as humans need to grieve in our own way to come to terms with the deaths.