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"To remember Me" by Robert N. Test

Apr 12 2011

As I was reading through some things on the internet tonight, I ran accross this and it brought tears to my eyes, so I thought maybe I should reprint it. It does speak my sentiments very well.

 

 

 

"To Remember Me"
The day will come when my body will lie upon a  white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busily occupied with the living and the dying. At a certain moment, a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped. When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the 
use of a machine.  And don't call this my deathbed. Let it be called the Bed of Life, and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives.
Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby's face or love in the eyes of a woman.  Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain. Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.  Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist. Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to 
make a crippled child walk.  Explore every corner of my brain. Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that, some day, a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window. 
Burn what is left of me, and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.
If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all prejudices against my fellow man.  If, by chance you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you.
If you do all I have asked............ I Will Live Forever.

Not that I am thinking of dieing anytime soon, but when I read it, it was so beautifully worded that it deserved to be shared.

 

 

Brenda

 



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written by shamarie6, April 14, 2011
I really like that, Brenda! Thanks for sharing it. smilies/wink.gif
written by JessicaEmily, March 05, 2013
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