WARNING: Anyone who can read this without getting affected can continue reading. Others can scroll down further. 

I didn't really want to write about this topic and I never thought I would write about it. I had the thought in mind yesterday and when I decided to write, I went the weekend rain which I published today. So it's the first time two blogs are getting published at the same time. That was never the idea but because of today, I thought that I have to write it. 

It isn't a definition or an explanation of death, but just what I think about it and how it affects me personally. The world is in an irony where on a side, there is someone rejoices over a baby's birth or celebrating an occasion and on the other side, there is another one mourning over a death. While reading this, we must be aware that in one part of the world, a baby has been born and in a different part or even in the same part itself, somebody has lost a dear and near one. 

We get to hear the news everyday of people dying in accidents and of sickness and many other causes. But not all of them affects us, death affects us on the basis of who they were and what they were to us or any of the two. We get more affected when someone close to us died of a terminal illness than a complete stranger die of the same cause. And it is not about being selfish but that is how life is. If we can feel the other person's plight, that means we must have been in that same plight. People die everyday and if it's the people known to us or the relative of people known to us, it bothers us a lot. 

Be it a celebrity, or a neighbour's father, or a relative or someone close, it affects us on the basis of who they were and what they were to us. The first death or the funeral I attended was of my grandmother who died ten years ago and yesterday was her anniversary. I was young when it happened and was little frightened on seeing the lifeless body in real and watched it from a distance. It was followed by two consecutive years where I lost both my paternal grandfathers and I was at their funeral as well. 

You were young at that time so it might not have affected you very badly until someone really close or someone whom you see in every vacation passes away and that would be unexpected. Nothing is in our hands and one has to be grateful with our life and with the people around because you never know what can happen. 

I didn't want to talk about my experience when dealing with someone's loss but just an overall feeling or my approach when I hear the news of someone's death and if it is someone known to you, it bothers you a lot. This was the month where I came across the news of the known people losing their loved ones. I have also woken up to the bad news in two consecutive days which really bothered me because of who they were. Well I don't want to go on talking about the news of a known person's death. The recent one was today and it was my father's cousin. Period!

That's all for the blog and if there's anything you want to share in relation to the topic, let me know in comments below. 

May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace, Amen. 

Condolences to all those who lost their loved ones. Take care.