Living, Leaving, Dying, Parting (生离死别) IX

Michael Jackson died on Thursday. We learnt of it yesterday, Fri-26/6. He died young at 50.

In my Feb post of Living, Leaving, Dying, Parting (生离死别) VII, I mentioned Ster said Grandpa's time was nearly up. I'd forgotten I wrote about this. Grandpa has been dead for a while now. It wasn't a surprise. You can learn a lot about people from a death. From the time one is in the hospital to his death to the funeral to the rites after the funeral is over, the time and kind of attention he gets from the people around him tell us a lot about those around him.

Death makes me morbid. Thinking about death makes me wonder if I'd have the chance to do things for the people I love before they die.

Recently, someone I once knew well told me a part of her died when she was forced to let go. This is death of the heart. This death CAN be revived. Ms Ng said when you take away something from the heart, you have to replace with something else. Otherwise, the human heart will feel the loss and emptiness because we have the capacity to love. We were created to love and to give love. Death of the heart is reversible. But a physical death is irreversible. Even if I were to give up all the years of my life in exchange for someone else's, after exhausting my lifespan, the other will still die. I think of death and I feel sad.