Joy

    Last week I met a friend. She looked upset and unhappy.

      To the question ‘How are you?’, she anxiously listed the troubles of her life.

     Today I met her again. She was calm and joyful.

     - Did something good happen to you? - I asked.

     - Yes, - she answered, - my sister died. She was eighty-nine. For several weeks in a row, she was in terrible pain. It was unbearable.

Her joy did not surprise me. I have already seen this in Thailand, a Buddhist country [1]. Buddhists believe that death is not the end, but the path to rebirth, to a new life, so you should rejoice.

1. Buddhism in Thailand II

https://galinapop.blogspot.com/2010/03/buddhism-in-thailand-ii.html