For me, the feeling of emptiness and the fear of finitude are important feelings that affect our generation, and these are two aspects of my greatest fear: losing my grandma. That’s why I’ve decided to talk about them here.
The feeling of emptiness is one that I find frustrating. Sometimes you know the reason for the emptiness and sometimes you don’t know why you feel it. And when you don’t know why you feel this emptiness, you can’t do anything to fill it, or you fill it with anything. With things you thought were necessary, but in the end they’re not. Do you see yourself in what I’m saying? This feeling can appear as a deep, melancholy sadness that’s hard to explain and understand, even for the person feeling it. It can also manifest itself in emotions, loss of zest for life and loss of interest in activities. For me, losing a loved one, like my grandmother, is an event that could create this feeling of emptiness in me. Losing an important friendship or breaking up with a boyfriend/girlfriend would be a context in which the feeling of emptiness could appear abruptly. But it’s important never to let that feeling get you down. Stop, breathe, take the time to listen to yourself and focus on yourself.
The fear of finitude can also be scary too. The awareness that everything has an end, even the best things, can sometimes seem unfair. This anxiety often stems from the fact that we have no control over time or death, and that it’s impossible to hold on to what’s dear to us. It manifests itself as a fear of loss, or even a difficulty in fully enjoying the present. For example, the loss of a loved one is one of the most painful experiences linked to this finitude: it is a brutal reminder that nothing and no-one is eternal. Yet it is precisely this limit that gives value to the bonds we create. If everything lasted forever, we might not take such care of the moments we share. Finiteness, frightening as it is, makes things more intense and more real.
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”
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