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Visit to a cemetary

Monday 29th January 2007 03:04 in Human Relations

Streatham CemetaryNow the title of this article may seem rather morbid. I don’t regularly visit cemetaries (and actually favour cremation over burial), however I am about to propose that we all do. I’ve been meaning to write about this for some time - in fact ever since this great site came out.

Soon after seeing it, I found myself cycling past Streatham Cemetary. It is enormous, and it’s quite a moving place. I cycled into it and considered all the lives that have been lived, and the love had and the love lost, as I read the tombstones. A visit to a cemetary puts minor disputes into perspective, it reminds us of life’s transience, it reminds us of the important things in life, and it reminds that one day the end will come for us, and at that moment we will want to look back and feel proud of the legacy we leave. It reminds us to treat other people well.





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