Who will speak?

There are many questions we ask ourselves as

we grow older. Most center around retirement,

money, health, providing for our families after

we are gone and so on. Answers to most can be

pretty much controlled by how we spend the

latter part of our lives.

But that's not one of the question that crossed

my mind the other day.

First let me say that I am not a church going man.This is not something I'm proud of or something I condone, It's just the way things are. Still I am comfortable in my beliefs and I am confident that I will someday join my maker in a better place. That is not what worries me.

What worries me is when I go.. say a zillion years from now is , who is going to speak for me.

I have been to quite a few funerals in the past few years and the one thing that I noticed is how much warmer and personal the services are for the people who have developed a close relationship with their Pastor/Priest.

To turn this around it must be extremely awkward for a clergyman to conduct a service for a person that he knows nothing about.

I already know the answer to this situation...but being set in my ways I also know it's probably not going to happen this late in my lifetime.

I guess I have a few friends that could say a few words..I just worry about which words they would choose. I guess there are generic services with the standard

(insert name here) ___________ forms available.. and that's fine too... with me.

A bit awkward for the speaker like I said, but hopefully they will pull it off with a little class.

I wonder if I'm the only one in the world that thinks of these things ?? I guess I'll have to learn to shut my brain off when I'm not using it ....

Oh well..I guess I'll go ponder other more pleasant thoughts and leave this one for sometime down the road.

After all, as someone once said.. We are not human beings going through a temporary spiritual experience..........We are spiritual beings going through a temporary human experience.

So as long as my spiritual side makes the journey.. they can say what they want to my human side .