Thank you so much for sharing this, Moth, and I'm so sorry that you've had to deal with so much grief in this way. I agree with you: I've spent much of my younger years avoiding the topic, too. It does feel less painful.
But I like how you've phrased this: "sitting with the idea of death." Sometimes reconciliing with death isn't an active thing, it's passive. Just sitting with it. Letting it become--if not a friend--then less of an adversary.
Thank you so much for sharing this, Moth, and I'm so sorry that you've had to deal with so much grief in this way. I agree with you: I've spent much of my younger years avoiding the topic, too. It does feel less painful.
But I like how you've phrased this: "sitting with the idea of death." Sometimes reconciliing with death isn't an active thing, it's passive. Just sitting with it. Letting it become--if not a friend--then less of an adversary.
Thank you for commenting!