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  A fate which might, along the way of life's journey, entertwine with that of another person, such as our partner or a relative, but remains uniquely 'my/your fate.'  And which has to be lived to its full even after those significant others have departed along the, according to the fulfilment of their own fate.  I mean, it is, at least on the first few attempts, not easy for sentient humans to accept our mortality, and the pending ending of our individual, if not collective discontinuation of life.  Even though we are confronted with the mountain of evidence we have, when we consider the deaths of all those who have gone before us.   Our 'survival imperative' still encourages, motivates us towards 'trying to find alternative explanations or answers' to the logical one.   That is, that we will all die, and there is no coming back from it when we do go over the abyss. Of course, 'dealing with death' is not a one off event or experience for us; it is a

   And so it would seem, that men are not able to expunge the tendency towards violence from our hearts or our minds.  We might succeed in delaying conflicts, to even prolong this delay to the extent that we might lull or come to believe that we have done it.  That we have given up on conflicts and wars and have achieved 'lasting peace.'  But this is no more than that, a believe, and one which is fated to be fractured and give way to more conflicts and wars.  I mean, we are now evidencing just that, in some African, Middle East and Asian countries.  Even as we are witnessing Russia and Western Europe seriously indulging in the build-up and posturing for military conflict.  With Ukraine being the designated reluctant and/or willing host to the 'on-the-ground' conflict. Even as we are observing Yemen being systematically destroyed by Saudi and UAE forces. Even as we continue to witness countries such as Nigeria, Niger, Mali, the oddly named Democratic Republic of the Cong

  As he, probably like many, if not most of us, at one or more points in our lives, will find death, especially the death of a loved one or close relative.   To be a significant emotional and psychological challenge to accommodate or assimilate.  It will be and is a phenomenon which we have to work on dealing with and to master, if it is not to destroy us or presents us with serious and significant psychological health problems.  Bereavement and grief are not phenomena that can be healthily dealt with in a passive manner.  They have to be actively processed and reprocessed, whether or not the bereaved person appears to be doing so or not.  And yes, it is the case that we will tend to have our own methods of doing so, which might not be the 'expected ones.'  What is important should be that, whatever methods we resort to, are able to see us through to a health state of post-bereavement, with the minimum or no long-term functional damage.  As opposed to the irreplaceable loss we