I Am Extending My Life Forever Because I Do Not Like Funerals
<p>I began the journey to death the day I was born. Luckily, my death hasn’t occurred yet, and I’m not sure when it will.</p>
<p>But I’m not going to worry or get concerned. I’m not going to panic. I’m in no hurry, and if I have anything to do about it, I will forestall the end for a few more decades.</p>
<p>I realize all good things must come to an end, and it’s impossible to sustain life indefinitely. My problem with death is I don’t particularly appreciate attending funerals. And I suspect that I won’t like attending my own.</p>
<p>I have been to many funerals. Attending ceremonies for friends, family members, far and distant relatives, and people I’ve respected and worked for and with. Even some people that I didn’t even know or like.</p>
<p>I’ve attended formal funerals, life celebrations, the spreading of cremains, and military funerals. I’ve been a pallbearer, an usher, and a family representative setting up details.</p>
<p>I’ve given eulogies, comforted people, been comforted, witnessed tense situations created by feuding families, and attended last-call funerals for first responders who died in service.</p>
<p>They are emotionally challenging events. And, as I get older, they are a stark reminder of what’s to come when the lights of life get personally turned off.</p>
<p>Most funerals are respectful and fill the gap between loss and grieving, and I respect that. Others are cookie-cutter affairs sprinkled with organ music and creepy funeral directors who speak in low monotones with people dressed in black.</p>
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