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For the GRIEVING: "Accepting death doesn't mean you won't be devastated when someone you love dies. It means you will be able to focus on your grief, unburdened by bigger existential questions like, "Why do people die?" and "Why is this happening to me?" Death isn't happening to you. Death is happening to us all." This loss feels very personal, and it is. The emotions that it evokes are, in many ways, unique to you. Your friends and relatives may be grieving very differently than you are, and this disparity can be unsettling at times.In the weeks and months to come, however, you will start to rationalize what has happened. Loss, while devastating, is a part of our human existence. Although the emotional acceptance is slow and painful, you may be ready to start accepting it intellectually. That is an important first step in coming to terms with what has happened.