Are the Tears we shed at Funerals simply a Selfish Act?
I ask this question because it is often the phrase uttered by those that attend the funeral that the one who has passed on left them. That there was so much left unsaid and there was so much left to do. We talk about how wonderful that person was and how much they are going to be missed. We talk only of all the good that they done and hold tight to the old adage “never speak ill of the dead”. We pretend that things would have turned around if they had stayed on earth just a little while longer and we make promises to them to remember the good times and take heed to the lesson that they taught us. Some people even go as far as to say to the departed how they will change their lives and dedicate this change to their memory. While all that sounds good and would make excellent drama on television, one has to wonder just how truthful and unselfish it really is. I mean just a few days before they died, were things really good between you? Did you...