Laura Nyro, a lady with an extraordinary voice who deserved more airplay, recorded a song with the lyrics:
I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care,
If there's peace you find in dying, then let the time be near.
My views entirely. Why fear death? There is more mental suffering in the prospect of waking up another day than falling into a peaceful, permanent sleep.
Then there is the question of a funeral. I wrote on MyLot this week that I do not want a funeral - it is far too expensive and a ridiculous waste of money . Simply take my corpse, set it ablaze, collect the ashes, and spread them over the canal at Spui in Amsterdam as a reminder of the few good times in my life.
Then just let me go.
We spend far too much time worrying about people when they are dead, and often show far too little concern when they are alive. If I am to stay alive, I want and need a job in line with my capabilities and experience. I have tried everything to find one, nobody else seems to be able to help - that is what matters to me NOW.
And when I am dead, will it matter? Of course not. Everything about me will have gone. Some people might read this blog and wonder who I might have been, and it may be my memorial in some ways, but if it should serve any purpose it should be to enhance the cause of the living, not to show concern for people who have passed on.
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