We are used to thinking of death as an ending, if not of a soul's existence, then at least of its chapter here. It's a difficult thing to come to terms with. I couldn't bring myself to truly confront the idea of death for many years, until suddenly a good friend passed too soon. It was, and still is, a deep ache to think that we will never again talk and laugh together the way that we used to. Sometimes the memory of it, the loss, is enough to stop me in my tracks.

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        How do we move on, after our loved ones have left us? How do we move forward, knowing that we, too, will one day pass?

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        There is comfort to be found in the Second Tenet - I am as us - in knowing that we are connected on a deeper level than what we see, hear, and touch. We are never truly alone. However, I also invite you to think of time less linearly than we usually do. Past versions of ourselves exist just as much as present and future. There may be a version of yourself that has lost a loved one, but the you who enjoyed your time together will always be there as well. Death is not the end. It is simply one more event in an infinite string. It will always be there, but so will we. We are as one.