Memento mori

Last Friday an accident claimed three young peoples lives. The one driving, and sad to say the one responsible for the accident was the twenty year old son of the "Feet" Couple, who are close friends of my parents. I didn't really know him since it was mostly through his cousins, uncle and aunt I became known to him. However I did meet him during several occasions throughout my childhood and we didn't share to many conversations or something like that... but although we didn't hit it off too well I will still remember him in his cousins image.

The funeral was today. A rather nice funeral, the priest was good and I think his words helped the morning family, but one thing the priest said struck to me and stuck. He said if we wish to avoid sorrow we mustn't seek companions in life, and rather pursue life alone. Furthermore he also repeated that the sorrow is only there because the happy memories will not repeat itself. But let not this lead to a suppression of those memories. The though that popped to my mind was a phrase that I used to comfort my self with: that those one love is never really gone as long as you keep their memory in your heart.

So in a sans they'll never leave you... All we must overcome is our own need to see, hear and feel their physical being; to overcome our egocentric-feelings. Only when we die and if we've kept silent their memory is when they leave this world for good. - Thaun