Verse 44

Death is nothing at all – I have only slipped
away into the next room.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are
still. Call me by my old familiar name,
speak to me in the easy way which you always used.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little
jokes we shared together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be the household word that it
always was. Let it be spoken without effort.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same that it ever was; there is
absolutely unbroken continuity. Why should I
be out of your mind because I am out of your
sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near, just around the
corner. All is well. Nothing is past; nothing is
lost. One brief moment and all will be as it
was before – only better, infinitely happier
and forever – we will all be one together with Christ.