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Struggling because I'm agnostic

My dad is in hospice and it's not far away now that he will probably pass😕 It's heart wrenching seeing him miserable, and now it's affecting his mind and cognitive abilities. Yet I hope for any amount of time for him to last a bit more

But I'm really struggling trying to accept his nearing passing. I used to be religious growing up but about a decade ago I became agnostic. I wish I could truly feel his soul is going to a Paradise and Heaven. I think I wouldn't feel as frightened. But I don't know what will happen, I feel angst and helpless on him leaving me and Earth. Have you ever felt this???
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Pretzel · 70-79, M
I used to - then realized we are all just bits of matter and energy. When we die we compost.

it's said much better in this poem:

Do not stand
By my grave, and weep.
I am not there,
I do not sleep—
I am the thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints in snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle, autumn rain.
As you awake with morning's hush,
I am the swift, up-flinging rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight,
I am the day transcending night.
Do not stand
By my grave, and cry—
I am not there,
I did not die.

—Clare Harner, The Gypsy, December 1934
Baybreeze · 41-45, F
@Pretzel I have seen that poem and it's very calming. Thank you for sharing Pretzel🌹
Pretzel · 70-79, M
@Baybreeze And my dad died a few years ago - I had the same kind of tension. Sending you hugs.
Baybreeze · 41-45, F
@Pretzel I just feel injustice that we will go in living and he won't. He's only 72. Just turned in January. I keep thinking he should live another 20 year like many get to. 😕
Pretzel · 70-79, M
@Baybreeze in the grand scheme of things our individual lives are merely a blip a flash of lightning...

but individual with our limited life span - 20 years is epic. the only fairness in death is that it happens to us all.

a life unmourned was not lived well.

based on your response ...his life was lived properly.