Looking down on you

[nick]

Has anyone ever had the thought after someone you love has died, like a grandparent for example, that they are looking down on you and watching over you from heaven?

If so, is that actually a very nice thought or an easy one to live with? I've thought it sometimes only at some point to realise that there are times when I certainly hope they're looking away! On balance I think I'd rather not be watched over.

[Mr. Smithers]

Yes. When my father died coming up on almost a year ago, I think his ghost is still in our house. As well as my Grandmother on my fathers side. She was a very evil woman, hated by everyone in our family. The attic door is always opening. She would always go in the attic to sew, or to get away from us arguing at her.

But I had a best friend that died, and I look at pictures of us together, and I sometimes talk to him by looking up at the ceiling. It's weird, but I totally feel the same as you do.

[karl]

I have often wondered that if someone were looking down on us, just how much would they be able to see? Do they give us any sort of privacy? Do they hear our thoughts? I think that when the time came to go up and meet them, it might be a bit embarrassing if they said 'Do you remember the time.......?

[Severus Snape]

No, as much as I would think that would be nice, I don't think anyone lives on in any form after death.

[Bougainvillea]

I don't think my dad is necessarily in heaven watching me, but I do feel that part of his conscience is in me. When I do something wrong, I immediately think "What would Dad think?" It's like I use him as a moral guide, and I do what's right according to what he'd think.

It probably sounds stupid, but that's how I feel.

[Sage]

I used to think my grandmother was watching me after she died and it was terrible. I felt bad about watching porn and swearing and things. Mind you, as a child, I hadn't a very good understanding of religion.

[Bluearmy]

I've never thought about it, or think that it is happening. I think that when we die, our souls are still at rest on this earth.

[Kahn]

Yes... My grandfather... But I have nothing else to say.

[Kaius]

I'd like to think that. In a way it gives me peace of mind to know their not really gone, that they'll always be with me in a sense. Gone but not forgotten.

I agree with Lawrence, In a way i think part of my uncle is inside me, as family members have told me before. Im growing up to be the same kind of person he was at my age. His guidance is what gives me the morals i have now, and i feel proud knowing that some day i may walk in his footsteps.

Sometimes, when i sit down to write about things, i write it as though im writing to them in a way, it makes me feel somewhat closer to his and their memories. Probably sounds quite dumb but its true.

[Doctor Fate]

I don't want to believe that my dead relatives are watching my every move 24/7.

At least I sure hope they aren't. If they were to see a lot of the bad things I've done and the bad situations I've gotten myself into, they would probably be ashamed, and more than likely they'd quite despise me...

Then again, I am fond of the idea that maybe they were there watching during the good times, like when I graduated from primary school, or when I won a silver medal at an athletic competition. But then again...