Our earth life as an extension of our lives before we came to earth when we were all children of our maker and learned of the plan to come to "earth school" to learn the things we need to know and do in order to progress and become all that we can be someday. Earth life is a blip of our eternity. Our next life when we leave this earthly existence,(hopefully to spend eternity with our maker and our loved ones), is a continuation of our eternal existence. If we think of it this way then, like our birth, our funeral should likewise be a CELEBRATION, only this time, a graduation.
I was at a funeral today that lasted for 2 1/2 hours. It was for a wonderful woman who lived a full life and passed at age 94. There was laughter throughout as stories and antidotes were shared during the eulogy, and by many of the family members and close friends. Not all funerals will have humor but they certainly can be filled with memories of a person's value, contributions, and impact on others. As we say, "We love you and we will see you again soon", it is more like launching them off on an extended cruise to see beautiful new places and experience amazing new things as they await our arrival when it is our turn to return "home". If we focus on the tremendous happiness our dearly departed feel, not only being free of their earthly pains and concerns, but also the joyous reunions with those who gone on before, who love them, and have been waiting for them to get finished with their earthly experience down here, it is easier to be happy for them and to look forward to seeing them again someday soon. As I felt the love and joy of the friends and family reuniting their love with one another and saying goodbye to a tremendous lady today I thought, "this must be what heaven is like."
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