In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unaware. The older have learned to ever expect it. I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress. Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better. Is not this so? And yet it is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again. Remember in the depth and even the agony of despondency, which very shortly you are to feel well again. To know this, which is certainly true, will make you some less miserable now. I have had experience enough to know what I say; and you need only to believe it, to feel better at once. I do not have the answers and I am not sure I will ever get the answers.

When someone dies my emotions are disbelief, depression, severe sadness, fear, but basically a mixture of emotions, and I feel so small because I know nothing about death and I also wonder why do we fight for so many things? Why do we care? Suddenly everything just magically disappears, our dreams are brought to the grave, and that feeling makes me feel so small infinitely helpless. I do not really understand human beings, life is so short, so easy … I hope I have the answer so I will  try to understand this cycle of life and death and know a little more about  my affliction before death. Till then, if you need me to lighten your burden, I am waiting to come to your aid. Just call on me, and I will walk down that road, until the dark times start to fade.

I can’t comprehend just how sad you must feel for the loss of someone you love. This sorrowful time must still feel unreal and you’re looking for strength from above. I hope, from my heart, that your pain will decrease, that your spirit will gain strength again, and I pray that your faith will create inner peace.

With love…♥

Art: Old Man in Sorrow (On the Threshold of Eternity)  — Vincent van Gogh  (April-May, 1890 —  While in the Saint-Rémy Asylum – Current location: Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, Netherlands)