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ABSTRACT
Seeking Eternity--From Death to the Intimate Relation
By
LIN，CHIA-CHENG
January 2009
ADVISOR(S)：Dr. CHENG, LIN-LIN
DEPARTMENT：SOCIAL WORK
MAJOR(No more than ten words)：SOCIAL WORK
DEGREE(Do not use abbreviations)：MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK
I experienced much death of relatives and friends in my life. When I knew generally what “the death” is, I didn’t want to accept it. I am still afraid of it now, but I do not know how to do. Until my field work at a hospital in my graduate study, I faced “the death” that I wouldn’t face in the past.
Why am I so afraid of “the death”? I started to think the meaning to me is. By way of “narrative”, I started to review my life, and think what the impact was. I found that the meaning of the death was not only life losing, but also my desire in security and love. These were closely linked with my intimate relation. Therefore, the title of my thesis “from death to the intimate relation” shows many stories appear unceasingly in my process of writing this thesis, and it affected me so much.
In addition to writing, I also participated in the life-writing course in Reed Community College, as well as I took narrative therapy course in National Taiwan University. All of them teach me what “narrative” is.
The title of this thesis is “seeking eternity”, and “eternity” is the noun which I didn’t want to give up. I didn’t know what I wanted in the beginning. I started to think the meaning of eternity to me until my professor reminded me.
The transformation started to occur in the ending process. I have changed to “wanted to be a man with memory” from “wanted to write a story touches me” in order to keep myself from forgetting. And I inspect one by one why I become a person, also what has affected me.
Everything must have its truth! There is always beauty and ugliness in life and many cannot be changed again. What we can do is to face it and accept it with confidence, and regard it as a part in life.
Key words: Eternity, Love, Security, Ordinary, Acceptance
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