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Last Will and Testament

When I’m gone, let me be. Please don’t cry, don’t shed tears I don’t want to make you sad When you remember me Just smile. Remember the good times. Try to focus on all the laughter. Drink one or two for me. Raise your glass high. I don’t want a somber occasion full of tears. I want a celebration with good food, good drink and good memories. My legacy will be how I lived for each moment and treated each day as the blessing it was. Live that way too. Honor my memory by living to the fullest. Don’t be afraid. Don’t fret about tomorrow. Don’t cry. Just live. Live until you die. Death is not frightening at all. It will happen to each of us as inevitably as the sun setting at dusk. An unlived life however is absolutely terrifying and completely unnecessary. Don’t waste time looking back with regret or spend it worrying about the future with anxiety. Live your life in the now. Do your best. Give all you can. And when your time comes, there will be no regrets. Don’t cry for what might have been. Smile for what was.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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