Star date 25.02.09. I attended my dear aunty's funeral today. Koa was 93. What a mix of feelings. As the minister noted, funerals are a strange mix of emotions. They celebrate life through remembering a life. A celebration that is sad, yet on reciting the memories, smiles breakout. Funerals also remind us of the "mystery of death". A common religious term, and until today I never really understood the mystery of death. While I have been to many funerals, it was today I realised that I too will die one day and could not imagine what it is like to die. That may sound pretty stupid but we all know we are going to die but it never truly digs into your consciousness. Today it dugg in deep!
I felt for my dad. Here I was contemplating my death, which in reality, or should I say in all probability, is a way off. Meanwhile my 81 year old dad at these events must think "shit its my turn soon - real soon". A sad horrible thought..but as my brave Dad says "We are all on the same train but we just dont know when our stop is!" How true. I was nearly collected by a large truck cycling home the other day!.
Life and death is a mystery......I wish I could celebrate life more, now instead of worrying what may or may not happen around the corner.
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