THE MYSTERY OF MY GREAT GRANDPA'S DEATH

Each person has a different understanding of and attitude towards ‘the end’. For some it may be the end of everything and for others it may only be the end of the physical body while I lives forever. Despite differences of belief, there is a shared understanding that one alive has ever experienced death or can really know what it is. What we know about death may have come from divine and holy scriptures or from scientific research. All of which we must respect. The story introduces the concept of “I”. I is with us throughout our life in this world (i.e. the time which we are physically present on earth). It is with I’s help that we find identity and try to understand the secret of death. We learn how to face the concept of “the end” and to live with it. My story addresses the fear of death, mainly to not hold onto a fear of death in our subconscious nor create it within children and teenagers. It shows that rather we should aim to cultivate curiosity in ourselves and in children and youth, to help them understand how to breathe, live and build a better world.