Saturday, November 11, 2006

A Gift in Life, Instead of Flowers

From an obituary I read today:

"...Instead of sending flowers, we ask that you take a friend to lunch or dinner, and tell him or her the things we often think of after after someone is gone.
"Goodnight Sweetheart. I love you"

I thought, how well loved this woman must have been, and what could be a greater gift than to instigate the spreading of love; I imagine something like a chain letter in which a few people take someone to lunch and tell them the things we often things of after they have gone, and then those people take someone to lunch and tell them the same, and then those people take someone, and I wonder how long it would take for a million people to have a full belly and have heard how much they are loved and valued by someone else.