I spent my entire spring break last week helping out at my dear friend's father's funeral. As I was sitting at a corner watching the whole ceremony of the wake and funeral, I have a lot of thoughts ran through my mind. Regardless whether their believes are true, I think all these ceremonies are necessary for the people who are alive. In other words, I think whatever they’ve done for the death are actually for the living people to mourn the death and it’s a different kind of grief work. Besides, all these ceremonies are helpful because they united all of the family members to stay together to give each other support. I can see the busy schedule of the ceremonies keep their mind occupied and then exhausted at the end of the day. Therefore instead of sinking into the thinking of losing the loved one and feeling sad and sorrow all the time, at least the belief that they are holding keep them continue their journey of life.
To me, after the funeral does not mean that we have done with the grief work. I think it is important for us to keep mourning the lost and continue the bereavement for awhile instead of rushing and telling ourselves everything is over now. However, I think it is important to switch gear for awhile to think of the people who still alive and how are we going to continue our own lives.
I do think most of the people have the tendency that never know the best thing or person is beside us until it's gone. We all learned "Treasure the one that right besides you", but how many of us really able to put this into practice in our real lives?
I would like to dedicate this song to each and everyone of you, including myself. Let's Live Like We're Dying!
Live Like We're Dying
Sometimes we fall down and can’t get back up
We’re hiding behind skin that’s too tough
How come we don’t say I love you enough
Till it’s to late, it’s not too late
Our hearts are hungry for a food that won’t come
We could make a feast from these crumbs
And we’re all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you
What would you wish you would’ve done
Yeah… gotta start
Lookin at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start pickin it
Every second counts on a clock that’s tickin’
Gotta live like we’re dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we’re dying
And if your plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbyes
Should be so careful who we live out our lives
So when we long for absolution
There’ll no one on the line
Yeah… gotta start
Lookin at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start pickin it
Every second counts on a clock that’s tickin’
Gotta live like we’re dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we’re dying
Like we’re dying oh - like we’re dying [x2]
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live - like we’re dying
We never know a good thing till it’s gone
You never see a crash until it’s head on
All those people right when we’re dead wrong
You never know a good thing till it’s gone
Yeah… gotta start
Lookin at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start livin it
Every second counts on a clock that’s tickin’
Gotta live like we’re dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we’re dying
Like we’re dying oh - like we’re dying [x2]
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we’re dying
Live like we’re dying
[Fade out]
So who is your love ones that you probably should say that you love them ASAP? Your beloved parents? Oh yes! Your dearest family members? Definitely! And, your lover? Never forget that, too :-)
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