I BELIEVE

MY YOUNG NEIGHBOR  RECENTLY LOST

A DEAR FRIEND AND BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY CLOSE

FRIENDSHIP AND HER FIRST CLOSE DEATH SHE HAS

BEEN STRUGGLING. 

DEATH IS NEVER EASY BUT WHEN IT IS YOUR FIRST

CLOSE ENCOUNTER IT CAN ROCK YOUR WORLD.

NONE OF US REALLY KNOW WHY OR HOW LIFE 

WORKS, WE CAN IMAGINE IT BUT IT IS OUT 

OF OUR REALM OF COMPREHENSION TO TRULY UNDERSTAND.

YET WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN BELIEFS TO HELP US

THROUGH THE GRIEF PROCESS.

SO I SHARED WITH HER SOME OF THE THINGS I BELIEVE TO BE TRUE:

• Lilly Collins Riera

  Sometimes we wonder  "why do things like this happen?" I am no expert, by any means but I have some beliefs... these may or may not help you. I believe there is another life after this one and sometimes the pain of this life becomes too much for one. I believe sometimes the death of another is not even about the person who passes but for another to learn something. I believe that as painful as grief is, it allows us to love those close to us more deeply and to hold those same people closer to us. I also believe that this life is temporary and our human nature cannot even fathom what is next to come so it remains a mystery but those who have entered the next phase of life, whatever it may be, are so happy there that they choose to stay if their job here on Earth is done.

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I ALSO BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER,

I HAVE SEEN PRAYER IN ACTION AND I REFUSE TO 

BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A COINCIDENCE.

HOWEVER I ALSO THINK SO MANY PEOPLE SAY,

"I WILL PRAY FOR YOU" OR "I AM PRAYING FOR YOU"

THAT I SOMETIMES WONDER IF THEY ACTUALLY DO

OR HAS IT BECOME A SLANG IN OUR WORLD, 

SOMETHING WE SAY TO COMFORT OTHERS.

THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS SAID

WITH GOOD INTENTIONS NOR THAT SOME WHO SAY THIS

REALLY DO HAVE PRAYER LISTS AND PRAY FOR THOSE.

I WANT MY FELLOW PEOPLE TO KNOW THIS,

IF I SAY I AM PRAYING FOR YOU, OR HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU

I MEAN IT. 

ONCE I SAY OR WRITE THESE WORDS DOWN I STOP WHATEVER 

I AM DOING AT THAT MOMENT AND SAY A PRAYER RIGHT THEN.

IN THIS WAY I FEEL I AM NOT BEING UNTRUTHFUL OR JUST

SAYING THE WORDS TO EASE SOMEONE ELSE'S PAIN.

I TRULY DO BELIEVE PRAYERS WORK AND THAT JUST

BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THE RESULTS WE PRAY FOR,

DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE NOT HEARD.

IN MY WORLD IT ONLY MEANS THAT SOMETIMES THE ANSWER IS "NO"

OR "NOT YET".

AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, SOME THINGS JUST CANNOT BE

UNDERSTOOD IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.

I CAN ONLY SAY:

I BELIEVE