“Pain is terrible, but surely you need not have fear as well? Can you not see death as the friend and deliverer? It means stripping off that body which is tormenting you: like taking off a hair shirt or getting out of a dungeon. What is there to be afraid of?
You have long attempted (and none of us does more) a Christian life. Your sins are confessed and absolved. Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave it with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
Remember, though we struggle against things because we are afraid of them, it is often the other way round—we get afraid because we struggle. Are you struggling, resisting? Don’t you think Our Lord says to you ‘Peace, child, peace. Relax. Let go. Underneath are the everlasting arms. Let go, I will catch you. Do you trust me so little?’
Of course, this may not be the end. Then make it a good rehearsal.” C.S. Lewis
This world seems to hold all our experiences within the physical realm. We fear losing that realm, even with all its pain and loss because we are unsure of our fate when we leave this world.
But we need not fear this transition if we believe the word of God. How could we lose anything we have here below when we move to the true existence with God? We will lose nothing, and everything lost or missed here will be gained and found. We will experience true existence for the first time.
Then, we will realize that our physical life has been only a reflection of true reality. We will know that our life here is like a video clip of an event vs. being at the event in person.
If we can accept that truth here, fear will have no darkness in which to hide and breed. Rejoice, true existence with all its joy awaits with no place for fear.
In joy,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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