Celebration Of Life

Lately I have been pondering somethings. It often occurs to me that we act certain ways in certain situation because we are trained to do so. Think about it. when we were little we absorbed everything we saw. That translated to how we would feel about those same situations now. A close friend of mine is coping with a death in her family. Today her status update was "Celebration of Life, service at the church then back to my house." The first part got me thinking.

Celebration of Life

No matter what society does I think we will always associate mourning with death. That is of course human nature to want to be with someone you just lost and not have that opportunity. But death should be looked at differently. As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints we know that we will return to live with Heavenly Father, Christ, and our family. So why not look at death as a Celebration of Life. Not only that, but remember that the person you are mourning is in paradise. That person is with God and our Savior. He is where he is supposed to be and he is beyond happy. One day you will join him too. This is nothing you haven't heard, but I felt inclined to post it.