by Farkel 48 Replies latest jw friends
Doug,
I am sorry to hear about your loss. I am glad you shared your beautiful words about your father with us.
- Jan
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"Doctor how can you diagnose someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and then act like I had some choice about barging in here right now?" -- As Good As It Gets
A touching tribute to your dad. My condolences to you and your family.
Michelle
Hang in there Farkel. As firstborn we are next in line you know.
Take care,
Norm.
Very nice, Farkel.
A very decent tribute to your dad. Carry on, my friend.
TR
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
—Edmund Burke
Doug,
Thank you for sharing this.
I'm sorry you must endure a JW funeral that will likely irritate rather than offering you comfort.
Reading your eulogy, I am reminded of what is important in life. Each of us want to touch the lives of other in a good way. We want to love and be loved. We want to be missed after we're gone.
I also thought of a book by Stephen Levine I read recently called A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last. By denying death, many people deny life. They put off many parts of their life for "later" and live a life of compromise and unfulfilled dreams. Sadly, religions prey on this tendency. Much of our lives are on hold while we are waiting for paradise, waiting for heaven, waiting for Godot. Given just a year to live, many people would live very differently. His book encourages people to live each moment, each hour, each day mindfully--as if it were all that was left.
Perhaps you could have your own private memorial service for your father and play "Estrelita"? I wish I could hear it.
Ginny
Dear farkel,
I don't know if you care too but will you share where the visitation will be and when? luv,Tina
Carl Sagan on balancing openness to new ideas with skeptical scrutiny..."if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense-you cannot distinguish useful ideas from worthless ones."
Doug:
I'm very sorry for your loss. Your father had to have been a good man to have raised such a good son.
CPiolo
Dear Farkel
I just read both your posts, and I'm truly saddened at your loss.
Best wishes and deepest sympathy.
Duncan.
Sorry to hear about your Dad, Farkel. I'll try to call you tonight.
AlanF
Doug,
I'm so sorry that you have lost your Dad.
I can tell already that you are concerned for your Mum's welfare, someone once said that a man only matures fully after his Father dies.
I wish you well.
Englishman.
..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.
