I read about two places in Utah where charities make sure every grave is decorated for Memorial Day. Someone, explain this to me.
I see value in giving honor and remembrance to the dead, because it helps us more fully value and embrace life (to a point), and it connects us to our heritage. However, must we be spending time, money, and precious effort making sure every gravestone has a flower? We humans sometimes know how to take a somewhat rational irrationality (graveyards, period) and turn them into emotional Frankensteins.
Please tell me what I'm missing, along with charities, to sweater up dogs and fund manicures to the tribes in the Amazon.
Loren M. Lambert © May 30, 2013
I see value in giving honor and remembrance to the dead, because it helps us more fully value and embrace life (to a point), and it connects us to our heritage. However, must we be spending time, money, and precious effort making sure every gravestone has a flower? We humans sometimes know how to take a somewhat rational irrationality (graveyards, period) and turn them into emotional Frankensteins.
Please tell me what I'm missing, along with charities, to sweater up dogs and fund manicures to the tribes in the Amazon.
Loren M. Lambert © May 30, 2013
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