…It’s an event where people come together and celebrate—in a way most appropriate for the person—a life lived.
We celebrate this life because it’s a miracle it ever even happened—against odds in the trillions to one ballpark (that’s trillions with a “t”). We celebrate this life because of the impact it had on ours—one that helped shape our character and identity as we know it, in both the biggest and tiniest of ways. We celebrate this life because of the impact it had on others—an impact which likely rippled further out into the world than they or we could ever truly know.
And yes, we mourn the loss because the above has come to an end.
…But, does it though?
What if the celebration of life event is an exercise in keeping the person’s impact alive?
What if we could carry the best of that person’s legacy with us and continue to ripple it forward into the lives of others?
What if the person we lost was a byproduct of hundreds of thousands of people’s legacies who came before… all totaling up to the person we loved so dearly?
And what if by celebrating them not only at the event, but regularly, you’re helping total up the character and identity of those around into something millions of others will eventually come to appreciate and love so dearly?