Three: Learning to Love You More

I chose to do assignment #51 for the Learning to Love You More assignment. My response was as follows:

When I die, I would like my organs to be donated, and then have my body burned in a big bonfire, or something cheap. I wouldn't want my family to have to pay for a cremation and ceremony and whatnot. I've never been a person who is into formalities, so I certainly wouldn't want anything formal. I'll also be, well, dead so it's not going to matter to me what happens to my body. I'm not a religious person, but one "truth" I've come to believe in is that I'm no more important than any other creature that lives on this earth. I don't want my funeral to be about me alone; I want it to mourn the death of trees, of animals, of our deteriorating world, of mankind and all the unhappiness we all have to endure in our lives. I would want my family to use any money they may have spent on burials or ceremonies to go travel somewhere instead. Maybe they could go to Costa Rica, my favorite place, one I instantly felt a connection with. I would love for my ashes to be buried in the rain forest, or scattered in the sea, whatever my family feels is right. I only hope that they feel a glimpse of happiness through the pain; my existence was only a tiny tiny tiny sliver of a fraction of something huge and wonderful.