When we deal with the death of a loved one or face death ourselves, we can become focused on spirituality and the meaning of life.

In my grief journey I asked myself:
1) What was my father’s tradition?
2) What was my mother’s tradition?
3) What was my spouse’s tradition?
4) Have I been influenced by anybody else’s tradition?

After Cindy died I reflected on my beliefs about dying, death and what happens afterwards. I read inspirational writings, meditated, prayed, wrote letters to Cindy and “talked” to her.

I asked myself these questions and you can ask yourself them too:
1) Is any one religion maybe not the answer?
2) Do I have to go to church to be spiritual?
3) I believe that at the moment of death this happens….
4) After death, this happens…
5) I believe that death is…

Stay connected to your spiritual beliefs and define your life philosophy/spirituality.

After Cindy’s death I searched and questioned.

And now after my father’s death I’m questioning again…and coming up with different answers.

Melanie Hack
Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend
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