Write the obituary you'd like to receive.
Posted on Apr 3rd, 2007
by
Yuri
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for April 03, 2007:
Humm..Asian do not really have obituary. Maybe they do but not in my family, I have not encountered anyone with one in my childhood and now. Perhaps the best obituary is none at all because we can be like nature and the universe. We flow with no mark, no intentions, no force...no memories, no footprint, nothing for people to cry, to fear, to cling, to feel sad. Is it natural for waves of sadness to arise in people in times of death or do we cry because we fear the unknown, the journey? A master once said that "we should cry when there is birth and smile when there is death". I like that. So if I had a obituary, it might just say this:
Smile, smile to life, smile to love ones, friends, strangers, animals, the world, the sufferings, the pain, the sadness, the laughters, the bless, and the impermanence.
Heres looking at you babe ^_*
Smile, smile to life, smile to love ones, friends, strangers, animals, the world, the sufferings, the pain, the sadness, the laughters, the bless, and the impermanence.
Heres looking at you babe ^_*







No trace! That reminds me of this quote, by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi:
When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
And yes, let's smile more :)