Widows Quest » 701 http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest Redefine Yourself and Rediscover Life after a Loss Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:41:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Funerals – The Best and Worst of Human Nature http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/funerals-the-best-and-worst-of-human-nature/ http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/funerals-the-best-and-worst-of-human-nature/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:28:10 +0000 Anna Farmery http://www.widowsquest.com/funerals-the-best-and-worst-of-human-nature/ Post from: Widows Quest

]]> 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 beautiflmodelvswall.jpg 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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