A Grief Observed- Chp 1-2

While reading a grief observed I could not help but think of the depth of pain and the rawness of the writing that was presented throughout the first two chapters. I agree with how the author said that death is like fear, a pit in your stomach feeling. That it truly never gets better every time. It was a devastating to learn that he lost most people he was close to died by cancer, three people to be exact. I agree that once someone is going through that pain, no one can really comprehend that pain because they are not in that person's body. That your body is where you feel the most emptiness and loneliness, not places or locations where the person enjoyed going. One quote that stood out to me the most is, "You can't really share someone else's weakness, or fear or pain. What you feel may be bad" (Lewis 13). 

Death is an odd thing to deal with, and the things that were written shared real emotions. For example, the not feeling God close by and being an embarrassment to his kids. The laziness that ones wake by not wanting to go on with daily activities. We can sit here and say and try to explain how we feel and the different stages that one goes through when discussing death it becomes a bit depressing. And in a way it makes you think about life and the value of it. Whats our purpose here on earth? Where are we really going? These are real questions on peoples hearts. 

I liked how the author talked about Faith, and when we are in that situation that we think we have confidence in, like the rope, but once presented with that situation where is our confidence?! and/or faith?! Wow is true and powerful. You really don't know what you would do in certain situations until you are presented with them. We can sit and judge others based off of what we think is right or wrong, and how when should react. But until we have walked in that person shoes we can not truly now the affect and the deep meaning behind it all. So who are we to say what is the right and or wrong thing to do? who are we to say that a persons feelings/emotions are right and wrong. Or even their actions/thoughts. For we can only know our own body and how we perceive and/or react to different situations. 

I would tie this reading with story with "Darkness, Questions, Poetry and Spiritual Hope." For it talked about Death and the questions that I was pondering while reading C.S. Lewis "a grief observed. That without such pain, loneliness, and emptiness we can not know what love, joy, happiness brings us. That life is a cycle with mysteries.