Building pyramids

In the article I posted a link to yesterday, there is a quote from a senior bereavement counsellor in the US (Kenneth J Doka):

"We have always used technology to deal with dying and death. The Ancient Egyptians used pyramids; what we are doing now is adapting our rituals to the technology that is available."

This quote REALLY struck me... like "a-ha moment" struck me.

When I was growing up, my grandparents used to read the obituary sections of the newspaper. I thought it was morbid. The other day, I came across someone sharing their grief in a very personal (yet pubic) post on twitter.

Linking back to the pyramids, if a part of our grief is also the sharing of it, I suppose we are indeed adapting.

But sadly, adaptation and acceptance takes time. That person I mentioned above was then grief-shamed by someone reading her tweet... the responder thought that she was being inauthentic by posting about her grief. He actually accused her of making light of a situation in order to get online 'likes'.

I get that it is different... but I guess what I am saying is, who are we to say what is morbid or what should be left in private? I mean building a pyramid isn't exactly discreet or private... maybe the builders were once accused of attention-seeking as well.