Don't Wait For A Funeral

Don’t Wait For A Funeral

This past week a friend of mine lost his father and another lost her mother. At the time of this writing I have only attended the funeral for the friend who has lost their father. The one for the friend who has lost their mother is this coming weekend.

This month, in America, is Pride month. It is a celebration of love, acceptance, the hard fights people endured to expand their rights and Life.

However just as Life moves on whether or not you are prepared for it, Death finds us no matter how we wish otherwise.

A common refrain at funerals is lamentation of times lost. Is to implore people to cherish the time they have and tell people they love them.

And we all promise to do so, and for a few days we do. But that is not the lesson we are supposed to learn. We are always supposed to live as though we have come from a funeral.

My friends, please, do not wait for a few funeral before you live life as the precious thing it is. Do not wait until your father is in the grave before you treat your friends like the beautiful finite beings they are.

Do that today.

Someone you know needs to hear you say you love them. And in case that person is you, here it comes from me. I wish you all the best in this life. You are wonderous and precious, even when you don’t feel that you are.

Thank you my friends and God bless;

~ S. Wallace