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Why do people die?Dying is a natural part of life. All living things-plants, animals, even people are special parts of God's natural world. Nature almost always gives us long, healthy lives. Like all other living things, though, people grow old and reach the end of life. This is called death or dying. Back to TopDoes death hurt?Doctors tell us that death is not usually painful. Especially with old people, dying is almost always quiet. When someone dies in a accident, they often feel no pain at all since death comes so quickly. Even when someone is sick or hurt for a long time before death, special medicines and treatments take away much of the pain. Back to TopWhen someone dies, are they being punished?Death is never a punishment. It is almost always natural. Time wears out important parts of our bodies. After many, many years these parts cannot work anymore. People die when these parts, the heart, for example, stop working. God gave us wonderfully strong bodies that usually last a long time. Sometimes sickness makes them stop working before a person becomes old. This is not a punishment though. No one dies because God is angry with them. A person dies when an important part of their body wears out and stops working. Back to TopWhy can't doctors or hospitals stop someone from dying?Many times they do. Yet sometimes, even though they have tried their best, someone dies. Doctors help people live long, healthy lives. Because of what doctors have learned, people live much longer now than they did when your grandparents were children. Hospitals help people too. Doctors and nurses work in hospitals to make sick and injured people better. People go to hospitals to become healthy, not to die. Back to TopWhere do dead people go?Most people believe that when someone dies, part of that person lives on and goes to Heaven. This part of us is not like a heart or brain or any other part of us that a doctor takes care of. It is the part of us that lets us feel love and happiness. It never gets sick. It never wears out. This part is called the spirit, or the soul. We cannot see someone's soul. We cannot see Heaven either. But we have faith in them. Faith is believing in something we cannot see or measure. Back to TopWhy did someone I love have to die and not someone else?Sometimes death doesn't seem fair. Of all the people in the whole world, why did this one special person have to die? Almost everyone, no matter who they are or where they live, is loved by others. Almost everyone will be missed by others when they die. Right now someone just like you somewhere else in the world is asking the same question. Maybe if you were with that other person you could help them understand that we all will someday lose someone we love. Back to TopIs death like sleeping?Dying is nothing at all like sleep. People, animals too, sleep to rest and stay healthy. Sleep gives hard working parts of our bodies time to store up strength. Think of how good you feel after sleeping. You feel good because your body is rested and ready for another day. When someone dies, their body stops working. It is not resting. It's job is over. Back to TopWhy do some people die when they are very young?Sometimes, but not very often, death comes to a child. Illness can make this happen. So can a very bad accident. A young person's death makes us especially unhappy. We feel that it isn't fair. We feel that everyone should live a long, happy life. We know that we will miss a young friend, or sister, or brother more than we might miss anyone else. We may even feel sad because we sometimes argued or fought with that child. All of these feelings are normal. Every young person has them, just as you do. But you must leave room for other feelings also. Remember that you often made that child happy. Even though that child's life was not as long as yours will be, it was a mostly happy life, because of loving friends like you. Back to TopWhy do grown-ups die before they get old?Most grown-ups are strong and healthy. They will live until they are very old. Sometimes, though, a grown-ups heart or other important part of their body stops working. Being big and strong doesn't always help. It is not the person's fault. It is not God's fault. It is not your fault. Back to TopHow long will I live?No one knows how long he or she will live. We do know that we will not live forever. We know that when we grow old, death grows closer. This does not mean that people worry all their lives about growing old and dying. As we grow older we learn more about living and dying. The more we learn, the less we have to worry. We know many old people who are very happy. They have learned not to worry about dying. How long will you live? Probably a long, long time. Almost everyone does. Back to TopDo people die because they are unhappy?Unhappiness can sometimes make us feel sick for awhile. But almost no one dies because they are unhappy. Remember the times when you have been unhappy. Sooner or later you feel better again. You are able to smile and laugh again. Everyone goes thru times like this.. It has nothing to do with dying. Back to TopWill I ever see that person again who died?When someone dies they do not come back to life again. This is why people become so sad when someone they love dies. They miss the person who is gone. Right now you may miss someone who has died. Maybe you will always miss them. But you will not always feel sad about it. You will understand after a while that the person may have gone to Heaven. Some day, a long, long time from now, you may be with that person in Heaven. Back to TopHow can I stop feeling sad?It is natural to feel sad when someone you love dies. You miss them. You may feel lonely. You may feel confused too. Most people-not just children-feel the same way when someone they love dies. Sadness is something like the pain you feel when you hurt yourself. At first it hurts very much. But it will hurt less each day. Sooner than you think, it will be gone. Then you will be able to think about the person who has died without feeling sad. Right now you are trying to understand more about death. This will take some of your sadness away. It helps to ask questions. It also helps very much to tell your family and friends how you feel. It helps most not to pretend. If you are sad, don't pretend you are not. Back to TopWhy are people buried when they die?After people die, we place their bodies in cemeteries. This is a gentle way to say good-bye to someone we love. A cemetery gives us a quiet, pretty place to come and think about that person. A visit to a cemetery can bring back pleasant memories. Back to TopWhat are funerals for?One of the nicest things about being a person is that we are able to feel love for another person. This does not end when that person dies. Funerals are for sharing loving feelings about someone who has died. They give us the chance to remember with others the goodness and joy that person brought to our lives. This takes away some of the sadness that we all feel. It also helps us understand how much others care too. Back to Top |
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