May we use our remaining days 1/2 as well as this man did. The world was a better place for his being here. Somehow I missed the news of his passing on July 25th, and just learned about this today.
Mourner’s Kaddish - A Prayer from the Living
I send you on with love in my heart
Crying tears of joy for the life you have lived
Praising the Source of Life for connecting our lives,
I send you on to the next life
I send me on the way you lived
Embracing who you were, not the space that you leave
Praising the Source of Life for allowing us to love,
I send you on to the next life
I send you on without fear
I will not curse or rend my garments
Praising the Source of Life for granting us time,
I send you on to the next life
I send you on with praise
Singing songs of joy for all creation
Praising the Source of Life giving us life,
I send you on to the next life
I send you on with libations and toasts
Drinking to health and drinking to life
Praising the Source of Life for giving us words to share,
I send you on to the next life
I send you on with stones not flowers
I will not add death to death
Praising the Source of Life for all creation
I send you on to the next life
This Kaddish I wrote a few years ago feels so appropriate for this man’s amazing final days.
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PS — On Randy Pausch: amazing. Now that was a life well lived. Amazing what you can accomplish and how at peace you can be, when you are really living your purpose.