Another friend passes away.

@Pose123 (21635)
Canada
December 15, 2010 12:00pm CST
On the 23rd of June of this year, a lifelong friend of mine was diagnosed with Cancer and told that he probably had less than a month to live. The doctor felt certain that it would not be months. He passed away last night just nine days short of six months since the day the cancer was diagnosed. It seems that medical science still can't predict such things. It is the soul's agenda and no one leaves until the last i has been dotted and the last t crossed. It is sad to lose him, but perhaps there are those who eagerly await his arrival on some other level of consciousness.. It now appears clear that there is more to life than the few short years that we spend here as a particular personality.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
15 Dec 10
I am sorry to hear about your friend. I have lost a few friends and family members to cancer, it can be a slow process as you hope and pray they get better, but they don't...:(
• United States
17 Dec 10
Yeah I know, but one was a mentor to me. I kind of feel left on my own since she passed away..:(
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
16 Dec 10
Hi carmelanirel, Thank you for commenting. The best we can do at such times is to remember the good times and hope for a reunion -- somehow -- somewhere ... Blessings.
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
15 Dec 10
What a nice thought, that someone is waiting for you on different level of existance. Usually when somone has fought cancer that long their body's is worn out and they are ready to go. I pray his trip was a good one. Blessing to you.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
16 Dec 10
Hi savypat, Thank you for commenting. I often feel that just as loved ones here are sad to see us leave, others who have gone before are eagerly awaiting our arrival. It is a comforting thought and certainly harms no one. I too pray that he had a good transition. Blessings.
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
29 Jan 11
Thank you for the award, I hope these small thoughts on my part brought you some comfort.
@Mirita (2668)
• United States
16 Dec 10
I'm sorry about your friend since I know that you are going to miss him ,but I'm sure that there is a spiritual world where you reunite with your love ones once again.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
16 Dec 10
Hi Mirita, Thank you for this and we agree. Blessings.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
15 Dec 10
My condolances to you Pose...I know how hard it is to lose a friend...or anyone that you love. You are right...we will go when our time is up and not one minute sooner...
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
16 Dec 10
Hi jillhill, Thank you for your thoughts and we agree. Blessings.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
2 Jan 11
It reminds of one of my colleagues who passed away years ago after his being diagnosed with liver cancer. He left this world three months after the diagnosis, leaving his wife a teen boy. It seems that when some cancers are diagnosed, it won't take long before the one suffering from the deadly disease leaves the current world. I do wish that medical science would be a lot of help in saving lives and curing people out of the diseases that people are suffering from. In short, it is a must for us to live a healthy way of life to enjoy more of the world. May this friend of yours be blessed!
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
24 Jan 11
Hi william, Thank you for those kind words and once again I'm late in getting back to you. I'm not sure what's happening but I get the discussions that most of my friends post but I'm never notified when someone responds to one of my discussions. This has been happening for several months now. Blessings.
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
15 Dec 10
My late father use to tell me when I was young "son you know you are aging and growing old if love ones and friends around you start dying" Well I never gave it a serious thought till I reached age 40, guess this life is just a stop over and soon everything would pass away perhaps to a better place, so sorry for you and my condolences to your friend's family.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
16 Dec 10
Hi louievill, Thank you for responding and I have no doubt but that you are right about this being only a stopover. It seems likely that life did not begin with this body, nor does it end with it. Often small children seem to have memories that we cannot explain. Blessings.
• United States
15 Dec 10
Pose- I'm sorry for your lost, but there is solace in this as he is now without pain. I know that the Rosicrucian's have a belief, and I sort of like it, that a soul has so many days it is to live on this earth in total. So some incarnations may be short simply because that is the end of that soul's journey. I wish you all the best in these days. Namaste-Anora
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
16 Dec 10
Hi Anora, Thanks for responding and I think the Rosicrucian's may be right. There is a time for everything. Blessings.
@nangisha (3495)
• Indonesia
16 Dec 10
HI Pose123!. I think lost someone you care about its not easy. I really sorry for your lost. I lost one of my uncle this year, its because heart attack. All our family really sad especially my grandmothers who already lost of his son. She said its really sad to see her sons die first thats hers. I think thats life we never knew what will happen and no one can predict when is the time come.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
16 Dec 10
Hi nangisha, Thank you for commenting and I agree, it's terrible when children go before their parents, yet it happens and we never know our time. Blessings.
@tudorm (85)
• United States
16 Dec 10
I am so sorry for your loss.it is hard to lose somebody specially someone closer to you,but cancer is not fun or suffering for that matter.I know he is in the better place.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
16 Dec 10
Hi tudorm, Thank you for your condolences and we agree. Blessings.
• Tokelau
16 Dec 10
its sad, indeed. but you can't stop the course either, it had to happen. best way to deal with this is to see it as a good thing. living with the fear that maybe that's your last day, for a long period of time, is not living at all. maybe it was a blessing that it ended. i know you might not believe this, but its true.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
16 Dec 10
Hi ellaangelus, Thank you for commenting and I know what you mean. While it may be sad for those left behind, it was his time and it's all for the best. Blessings.
@murd99 (7)
• United States
16 Dec 10
I know how it feels to lose a friend to a terminal illness, It is a hard thing to go through and i understand what your going through. I can be a tough road to go down but I did to help is I though of all the good times i had with that person and i made to sure to never forget about them. I am terribly sorry for your loss and I hope that over time things will get better for you. Good luck. :)
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
16 Dec 10
Hi murd99, Thank you for those kind thoughts and I agree we must remember the good times. Blessings.