It is unimaginable for a human being to thank for a misfortune. In fact, we dread it, and that’s why in our prayers, we always request to be able to escape from painful situations. We expect to have lives without suffering because we consider ourselves good people. “If I’m a good son, a good father, why did this or that happen to me?” It’s a recurrent thought of thousands of us. Sometimes we think that nothing bad should ever happen to us and that it should only happen to others. Why? Isn’t life made up of good and bad situations?

If we reflect upon it, we are born with a single certainty: One day, our life will end. For life to end, death is necessary; and death isn’t something we consider ‘good’. Nor does it come attached to a happy moment. People usually die after a tragedy, an illness, or because their bodies wore out or stopped functioning. In any case, what happened is not something good, according to our understanding. But, how else should it be? How can life end without it being something “bad” for us or those who remain?