ROTM - What does heaven mean to you?
I don't know if there's an afterlife. Maybe there is, maybe there isn't. I guess some people find comfort in believing there's something more after death. I completely understand the appeal. Anyone who has ever lost someone important in their life wants to believe that those they have lost are safe and sound in some wonderful place.
I want to believe it's true, but it's so hard to believe when you, yourself, have been to the edge between life and death. For me, I couldn't stop thinking about my life and how I didn't want to leave everyone I cared about. The idea of angels and pearly white gates doesn't make death any less terrifying, not for me.
With all of that said, my heaven is here on Earth.
My white gates? The side entrance, through the garage. It's not much, but it suits me just fine.
My angels? They are the people in my life that I care for and that care for me. I can see them, hold them, and tell them that I love them.
Nothing can replace what and who I already have. When dealing with death, the only comfort I get is from knowing that I will have my heaven until the day I die. After that? Well, I just don't know.
I want to believe it's true, but it's so hard to believe when you, yourself, have been to the edge between life and death. For me, I couldn't stop thinking about my life and how I didn't want to leave everyone I cared about. The idea of angels and pearly white gates doesn't make death any less terrifying, not for me.
With all of that said, my heaven is here on Earth.
My white gates? The side entrance, through the garage. It's not much, but it suits me just fine.
My angels? They are the people in my life that I care for and that care for me. I can see them, hold them, and tell them that I love them.
Nothing can replace what and who I already have. When dealing with death, the only comfort I get is from knowing that I will have my heaven until the day I die. After that? Well, I just don't know.