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Originally Posted by jewels
I'm a little shallow and would like to leave a couple of people smiling when they think about me after I'm gone. I also enjoy a sense of accomplishment when I do things that have meaning to me and those I love.
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Why have that mean "shallow", if it's what you want?
Listen, when my grandfather died, his funeral was in the Episcopal cathedral in Salt Lake City that seats like eight hundred--and it was standing-room-only. That place was PACKED with people I'd never met, but who Granddad had loaned money to fifty years ago that kept their business afloat, or who he'd hired when nobody else would, or whatever. There was all this LOVE for the man, and the mark he'd made on the world was unmistakable.
Since then I've attended a couple funerals that were the same way. One for a retired Navy captain--who was PROFOUNDLY loved by the people he left behind.
All these events have gotten me very clear the kind of funeral I want. And the kind of life I need to live between now and then to have that.
Now: that's NOT "good". It's not "meaningful" or "important". I want that
because I want that, and for no other reason. Not having that wouldn't make me a lesser person, or have my life be less meaningful or worthwhile. I just want that.