I do not really know a lot about death because I did not know many people who have passed away. The only experience I have personally with death was the death of my aunt a few years ago. When this happened I was scared and felt terrible about the incident but i was not exactly sad. This was because I was not very close to that aunt because i never really got to see her all that much. She died from cancer and it was a pretty quick process, or at least it seemed like it to me. The reason that I think I did feel somewhat bad is because my parents were sad about it. I was raised to be emotional when people died and pay respect but it was weird that i didn't seem to know how to show my emotions of that in this case.
The way that my parents really talked to me about how I should treat the dead has always just been about respect. It is very frowned upon in society to treat the dead with disrespect even if you and the person had not gotten along while they were alive. My parents told me to never say, "i wish they were dead" because that is one of the worst things to tell someone. To hate someone to the point where you want them to be dead is very extreme. When death does happen it is always very sad and takes a while to process. A year ago from april 14th my friend Jake McDonough was killed by a car while riding his bike in brooklyn, he was only 18. When you lose someone at such a young age especially someone i would see on a regular basis it is a very hard thing to deal with no matter how close you were with that person.
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