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Funerals - The Best and Worst of Human Nature

by anna on April 11th, 2008

I wrote yesterday about a family friend who had died this week. The funeral was today. At the funeral someone asked

“What do you think he has left behind?”  I replied

“A friendship that was constant and authentic. A passion for the truth. A trail of love and respect”

They answered

“No I mean money?”

I am not often stuck for words but this was one of those moments. Their life is over, for me it is a time for reflection, reflection of how much they brought to the world. Time to think about the friendship, a time to think about the value of what they brought to the world and what we will all miss……but then I suppose the world is made up of different people. I tell myself that the world is better for our differences…however, sometimes, just sometimes I wonder

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