Closure For a Guy

i met Junior in church bout 2 weeks ago..he was a Papua New Guinean here studyin at TAFE (e Australian equivalent of poly) ...he was with his brother at our church Bible study..1 of e frenliest guys i'd met in church up till dat point (excludin Pastor Tony of course)..

he was nice lor..tellin mi bout his bro who had a court case in Brisbane for alledgedly breakin in n stealin 2 cars..his bro swore he never did it..i who hav a dim view of human nature can't totalli believe him of course..but they're frenli n kind..dats e point..

well, dis week i met him on Sundae after not seein him aroun for a week..n he was distraught, haggard, quiet n tired..after service i asked him n found out why..his uncle had passed away in Paua New Guinea last fri after a sudden n debililitatin sickness..he was at least ok in comin to church..his bro was too affected to come..

he seemed to hav cried his eyes out man..n Junior (with his bro) was headin home to PNG on Monday for a week for e funeral proceedins...its been said dat funerals are not for e dead but rather e livin..

i read e rather irreverent quote dat e dead do not care for wat is done to their corpses after they r gone..but its e livin who need closure, comfort n an end..dat they might grieve n be healed...n carry on with their lives with e memory of their deceased loved ones in their heart alwaez dignified..dats y pple lost at sea or missin after 7 years r pronounced legally dead n (sometimes) funerals r held in their honour..closure..we all need to carry on n live..dats wat e dead would want for us most..not to die with them..but to live n live well..so live Junior...live

sometimes we all need to find closure n carry on..