Funerals are a constant reminder that chasing most of the things we are chasing is an embarrassing way to spend a portion of our lives.

We the living are to blame for the painfulness of being dead.

Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.

The fact that you have just buried your parent or parents and/or sibling or siblings does not make you less likely to die today.