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.
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