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A Look at My Mortality and My Life's Meaning

, I believe that I have always shared with C.S. Lewis (1994) the belief that a kind and loving God is deeply concerned with me and my life and that reunion with those we have lost to death will occur in the hereafter. I am not afraid of dying and I accept the fact that death is inevitable for all organic beings. What concerns me more is living well. Lewis (1994) conceives of a faith in which one turns directly to God for reassurance and one learns to listen to God's voice and anticipate his presence. For me, God's presence in my life is revealed most clearly in terms of the love that I share with my husband, our children, my family in the Philippines, and the dear friends that Ronald and I have made throughout our marriage.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1969), a physician who has written extensively about death and dying, made the point that the final stage of dying is acceptance of its inevitability. I agree with Kubler-Ross (1969) that a person whose death is forecast due to disease or trauma is likely to move through the stages of denial, anger, bargaining for life, depression, and acceptance. However, I also feel that if one has strong faith and belief in God, this process can be made easier in that the believer knows that he or she will simply move from one plane of being to another plane of being. It is this assurance û described by Lewis (1994) as God's promise of redemption and reunion û that guides my emotions on the issue of my own mortality.

Dr. Kubler-Ross (1991) also expresses the conviction that death does not truly exist and that when the materi

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