Peeling the onion - No Regrets

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As I continue my journey to self discovery. I spend more and more time peeling the onion. I started to think about what my funeral would be like? Who will come? Will anyone speak? What would they say? Did I make a mark in this world, while I was here? Did my life have any meaning?

 

What is so interesting was that up until recently I have only shared this with a few people. My college house mate / best friend Kirk, and he said that he thinks about the same thing often as well. He said, “I worry if I had done enough with my life by that time?” My husband Craig’s feeling on me thinking about my own funeral was a bit too morbid for him. I guest death can be very uncomfortable for some people to talk about. So I stop speaking about that. None the less, I still live by that idea of me speaking at my own funeral. What will I say? Will I speak about things I done? Or will I speak about my regrets? What I should have done? Will there be anybody there that can speak about how I did make a difference?

 

This whole thing about me speaking at my own funeral became a driving force. It motivated me to live every day to the fullest. Do everything I can with every chance I got. Say everything I need to say, whenever I feel that I should say them. I don’t want to have to say “I should have done…” Or “I should have said…” I want No Regrets!

 

Last month, during the preparation of a speech. I toyed with the notion of sharing my funeral speech idea. Then I think to myself I wouldn’t want to say “I should have!” So I began to open up about that, and it has been well received. I am pleased that my funeral speech idea did not make me out to be a freak, and amazingly it allowed me to connect to people in an even deeper level. Ultimately, the biggest reward in all of this was, one less thing that I could have regretted.

 

Giovanna Garcia

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