I was thinking....
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I was thinking....
I was thinking....if I had to write my own eulogy.... What would I say about myself, my life, and my accomplishments.
I think I am going to try it over the weekend. I am not sure if this exercise will bring smiles or tears, hopefully both. But I think it will help me really look deep within and see the needed changes in my thinking and life.
Anybody else want to try it with me? Not to share on the details, just the experience. Has anyone else tried this?
I think I am going to try it over the weekend. I am not sure if this exercise will bring smiles or tears, hopefully both. But I think it will help me really look deep within and see the needed changes in my thinking and life.
Anybody else want to try it with me? Not to share on the details, just the experience. Has anyone else tried this?
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LMN,
I actually have a set protocol for my last remembrance! My son knows it cold,and
has promised to enact it to the letter!
Having been to enough funerals,one cannot fail to notice the proliferation of life
remembrance videos....LONG ones!!! One recent event had about 7.66 BILLION pics
of him at his favorite pastime (shooting ducks---I guess that's one way to reduce
quacking...but I digress).
Sooooooooo......my instructions are the usual blah-blah-blah service.."he was a great
guy" (what the hell else are they gonna say at a funeral?!)
But the coup de grace will be when my son asks for everyone to remain seated
whilst a FOUR HOUR video retrospective of my life is shown.
As the crowd moans in an almost audible "awwww sh*t!!"......my son will dim the
lights........and play this 8 second clip:
***** Pig Cartoon Ending "That's All Folks!" - YouTube
(after which they are immediately paroled!)
The implicit message is...your time is valuable! Don't waste it on some stiff!
The worms have been very patient and I have never been late to a dinner invitation
in my life!(pun intended)
My son calls it my last joke.He once called me the funniest man he ever knew
and that was the highest & most valued compliment I have ever received.
He is a good son!
I actually have a set protocol for my last remembrance! My son knows it cold,and
has promised to enact it to the letter!
Having been to enough funerals,one cannot fail to notice the proliferation of life
remembrance videos....LONG ones!!! One recent event had about 7.66 BILLION pics
of him at his favorite pastime (shooting ducks---I guess that's one way to reduce
quacking...but I digress).
Sooooooooo......my instructions are the usual blah-blah-blah service.."he was a great
guy" (what the hell else are they gonna say at a funeral?!)
But the coup de grace will be when my son asks for everyone to remain seated
whilst a FOUR HOUR video retrospective of my life is shown.
As the crowd moans in an almost audible "awwww sh*t!!"......my son will dim the
lights........and play this 8 second clip:
***** Pig Cartoon Ending "That's All Folks!" - YouTube
(after which they are immediately paroled!)
The implicit message is...your time is valuable! Don't waste it on some stiff!
The worms have been very patient and I have never been late to a dinner invitation
in my life!(pun intended)
My son calls it my last joke.He once called me the funniest man he ever knew
and that was the highest & most valued compliment I have ever received.
He is a good son!
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I haven't done that exercise since I was in high school. I might try it. I have done a thing where you imagine everything about your life in 10 years down to where you are living, what it looks like, what you are doing, etc. then, you write it all down. I found it to be very beneficial, and it helped me make some changes in my life. I found the exercise in a book, but I can't remember which one right now.
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A eulogy huh …
I wonder how a eulogy would work in poem form.
I have done many creative writing exercises and self awareness ones. And there is word therapy …. You take a random single word describe it how you see it intellectually and then you relate a single personal experience to the word. Or something like that, it has been a while. It reminds me of a bit of a poetry exercise called the breadbasket of images, that I did for writing class.
I wonder how a eulogy would work in poem form.
I have done many creative writing exercises and self awareness ones. And there is word therapy …. You take a random single word describe it how you see it intellectually and then you relate a single personal experience to the word. Or something like that, it has been a while. It reminds me of a bit of a poetry exercise called the breadbasket of images, that I did for writing class.
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