Trevor Hayley
Funeral and Life Memorial Celebrant
A Caring Presence for you and your family so you can Celebrate a Life
Servicing Greater Adelaide, Fleurieu, South Coast and Adelaide Hills Regions of South Australia
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“The goal of all life is death” – No Sigmund, Just No!
How dare this prominent neurologist, and father of psychotherapy say such a thing!!
Are we indispensable?
At some point in the future, who we ‘are’ now will be taken over by those remembering who we ‘were.’ At this point legacy will take over. What are you leaving in yours?
“Oh for the time I shall sleep without identity!”
I wonder if Emily Bronte, the author of Wuthering Heights, would have written the literary classic if she was famous. Maybe we need to easy into communities with who we are before offering what we can do.
If death is inevitable, why is it scary?
How can we grapple with a concept where there is no lived experience to tell us what it is? But then we learn to stop being scared of the dark.
Living fully
The inspiration of Mark Twain, ‘The fear of death follows the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.’
‘Learn as if you want to live forever’ – Mahatma Gandhi
Making the most of my days, while at the same time knowing there is always more to learn, will bring quality to those days.
Walk with love, from the time of our birth, until the end.
May love be our guide, from our first anterioral breath, unto our last posterioral breath.
‘The idea is to die young as late as possible’
May we never be in a hurry to truly grow up, but instead have a healthy relationship with our inner child. For it is here the sense of wonder and excitement resides.
‘I intend to live forever, so far, so good’
Maybe legacy is left as we live our lives. Not so much ‘wow what an achievement’ but more ‘they spent time with me.’
When does Legacy Start?
At some point we start thinking about our legacy. Will be left by drawing attention to ourselves, or by people being left with hope?
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Trevor Hayley
Servicing Greater Adelaide and Regional South Australia
Phone: 0409 107 372
Email: memorials@trevorhayley.com.au
ABN 73 737 609 724
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