What Do We Learn at Funerals

Tonight I went to the funeral of my God Sister's older brother. A good man who literally lived his live to the fullest and brought joy to those who knew him. And I say that as someone who didnt know him very well, the few times I did meet, see or come in contact with him though, it was nothing short of a pleasure. Anyhow, I must commend the Webster family. Naeem Webster's "Celebration of Life" was well done. For one the church had quite a few hundred people of every caliber there to pay their respects, all of which had unlimited good things to say. Next the service was so well done that the pastor (who has never met Naeem) was so enlightened as to what his character was like that he felt comfortable enough to try making a joke on Naeem's behalf. Actually, everyone tried, no one came close though, Ny was clearly the better comedian.

Anyhow point of this was: Naeem was fortunate enough to have been someone who found his value in life. He was one of the few young people who can do really well, progress and give back while succeeding as well as being the perfect friend, brother, boyfriend, son or person to know. It is because of that and his nature that he was able to PACK a church and have ROWS of people standing in the back and both sides of the church for two hours to say goodbye. I'm sure people left the service and all they could think of how good of a person he was. I left happy that he was celebrated so well and excited that he was able to live such a good life.

How many times do we witness loved a one passing or go into a funeral for support and feel inspired. Inspired to live our lives so we can be memorable. Everyone knows after mourning our selfish self wonders... What if that was ME? What would people have to say? Would they have good memories? Would I have left and impact? Will people even show up to say bye? Then for the next few days, weeks and sometimes months that we mourn we try to live our lives well and take risks. Truth is, we never know when its our last day. Then a few months, maybe a year after people forget that feeling and continue to go back to a life where they may not be remembered well or may not be full-filling their lives as much as they possibly can.

Im tired of watching people get inspired and then loose their inspiration soon after. With that being said: Truly live your live to the fullest, Raise your children well (when your ready to have children), Make sacrifices to spend time with them, love your friends and embrace those that actually care about you. Full-fill the life you have the ability to fulfill while you still can and always remember to love yourself.