To: Homestead List <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [Homestead] thinking about death
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:15:29 -0400
Tough subject...
Funerals are for the living, so they say, so with that in mind, I am
trying to plan my own 'event'.
I'm not a church-goer, so having a traditional funeral in a church is
just not me. I intend to donate my body to science, so there would only
be a 'memorial' I suppose. I would prefer it to be outside, maybe even
on my own land. People could stand up and say whatever they felt like
saying.
No chairs, nothing fancy, just bring some blankets and picnic on the grass.
I like the idea of releasing a single dove, and I really bagpipes, but I
can't figure out how to unite those two things in a service...fireworks
would be kind of cool, too. I think I would like music, but I don't
know about the logistics of that if we are in a pasture. I just can't
wrap my mind around what I might want..
Has anyone planned their own 'funeral'?
Does anyone have any other secular or non-traditional ideas? Pagan
rites? Buddhist chants? poems?
I want people to reflect enough on life that they live stronger, but I
don't want it to be depressing. I don't want it to degrade into
drunken debauchery, either.
--
EarthNSky Farm 34.498N 85.076W
SISU! (Finnish--There is no single word in English that encompasses
all that sisu means, but it combines the following ideas: guts, pep,
determination, stubbornness, perseverance, hardiness, stamina, go, do,
nerve, spunk, pluck, and grit. It's like "Just Do It!"& "Go for It!")
[Homestead] thinking about death,
EarthNSky, 10/01/2010