I attended a lecture last week and the speaker talked about
the death of his father. The speaker is
now the same age as his father was when the father died. He said he was going to get all his affairs
in order with instructions for his family and he was doing it out of love. He also said- and this is what caught my
attention- that when it comes time for his family to follow those instructions,
they will do it out of love, too. My
focus has been on the convenience, the lessening the load for the family. I overlooked the most important aspect of
family or friendship- love.
Although the speaker was in his early 70’s, the importance
of getting one’s papers in order and
providing instructions for what should be done after death is not limited to
older folks. Young people and middle
aged individuals should think about how much they love their family and friends
and then out of love, not obligation, takes steps to ease the burden for those
left behind.
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