Thoughts to make the death of a loved one easier.

Our souls travel in groups. We literally go through different lives with the same circle of souls or loved ones so to speak. God gives us the free will to come to earth to learn the lessons of love that we need to learn. Not all souls choose this path. It is completely up to us to make this choice. Earth is not an easy place to exist. Beauty and joy far outweigh the negative but just the mere existence of negativity makes this plane a difficult place to be. You see, we all chose our paths before arriving to earth. We preplanned the lessons we wanted to learn and who would be the best parents and family members to learn these lessons from. We chose when we would physically be born and when we will die physically. Our conscious, physical selves are not aware of these choices. They are engrained in our souls and energetic bodies. Sometimes our souls are here only briefly, while others are here for decades. Sometimes, we are here to help others learn their lessons, other times to pay back a soul that was good to us in the past. For example, I have been told that my grandmom and I were so close because I was good to her in a previous life. She returned to earth to pay me back by being a special person in my life. I can still feel the loving bond we had and she died when I was 5 years old. A special needs child may have chosen to come to this life with disabilities to learn how to let others love and care for them. This knowledge can help the logical mind justify someone’s death but never our hearts.
My good friend’s mom just passed last week. She was truly a beautiful soul. She was a loving wife, an adoring mother to 5 children (one died of leukemia when he was 8 years old) and a doting grandmom. Along the way she not only touched her family, she lovingly touched extended family members and friends with her smile, her laugh and wonderful hugs. Even in a brief encounter with her, she radiated her love to others with her kind words and supportive touch. My heart aches with her loss. I only saw her a few times over the last few years but as a child and young adult she was an important person in my life. My husband and I used her and her husband as examples of the type of loving marriage we wanted to emulate. I was blessed to know her and I know my soul was supported on this earth because of her presence. Anyone she touched received unconditional love and acceptance. Her spirit was genuine. She was truly here to be an “earth angel”. Now her gifts and love will continue to be spread on this earth by her children and grandchildren. We are all the better off for it.