Death is an ultimate reality of life. Death is a state of human body and mind, when nothing is breathing and the human soul is returned to the creator of the world, God. Death is inevitable, it can never be avoided and everyone has to die one day. This earth is a place where humans have come to live for a short time. Sometimes I fear death and fear the day when I would know that someone will die or is about to die. But I know that death comes without knocking on our doors when someone dies in a plane crash or a car accident.

I believe in fact that we should know how to deal with death. I have a friend whose mother died in a car accident while she was coming home late at night. She was in a hurry and she broke a traffic signal and her car hit into a bus and there, she was gone forever. I was with my friend praying for her survival in the hospital. The doctors then declared her dead. I looked at my friend and I saw the way she was dealing with her mother’s death.

I just saw few tears dropped from my friend’s eyes and she never cried until she carefully placed her mother in the grave. I saw my friend praying day in and day out to God to forgive her mother for any bad deed she had ever done. I saw the strength she gained by keeping her religious notes with her all times and always reading passages whenever she would not want to interact with anyone. She was the perfect example of someone dealing with death. My friend and I cleaned her mother’s room as she was always particular of cleanliness at home. My friend use to say, that if her mother would see the house dirty, her soul might get upset, so she must do things according to her wishes.

I thought my friend would break down and would almost give up on life, since she had never seen her father and then her mother was gone. I use to stay with her all the times because I knew she needed support and a shoulder to cry on. But within 2 months of her mother’s death, she was back in college and attended all her classes even with more enthusiasm as she remembered one thing her mother said to her, that people who work hard not only help themselves but help others around them as well.

My friend was a survivor, a person who knew that everything in life happens for a reason and death is an event that will take place in everyone’s life and if death comes to someone we love the most in the world, it is time when we are tested by our God for patience and strength. I never knew how to cope with death or even react to it, but when I saw my friend and her faith in moving on in life and being the best person for the one who has left the world can create an urge to live better.