My "Living Funeral"

When writing a list of people I would invite to my “living funeral”, I thought about how morbid this actually was. People don’t like thinking about death or the after-life (if there is one), because they like to live behind a veil of their own fantasy. But when I was writing a list of people I would invite to my “living funeral”, I realized how real death actually is. Instead of ignoring it and acting as if it was not going to happen, and we as humans are immortal, I thought more about how Morrie embraced the news that he was going to die, and he talked to people about it. He didn’t act like it wasn’t going to happen, instead he just sort of forgot about it, while explaining what he was going though to everyone who would listen. The people I decided to include on my list were people important to me or close to me in some way. I decided that I wanted them on the list because I wanted them to share my last moments with me (God Forbid something to actually happen). I decided that I wanted people close to me because I want them to be the ones that help me ease the pain of what is happening. Instead of having complete strangers plucked off the street, I chose people I known for years. When I made a list of people who might invite me to their “living funeral”, I also included people I was close to, because I would like to think they would like to spend their last moments with me. Being with people close to you help you feel special, they help you feel like you are loved and cared for, and will be missed when your time comes. That’s why when people have funerals, families and friends typically come to the event, because they loved and cared for that person, and would miss them dearly.