Love It

Life revolves around us, and sometimes we want to get off. How do I feel about suicide?  I have mixed views. I value human life in all forms and functions and believe that everyone has a role to play and a purpose to fulfill.  Do we have a right to cancel our fare and to bail out on those we love and those who love us?  Everyone has a different view, and many believe it is selfish. I am a Funeral Celebrant. I celebrate funerals, I celebrate lives lost to disease, accident, age and yes suicide. I work with those preparing for the death in palliative care and aged care. Those who want control to the very end.  And to some degree, I believe that suicide is indeed taking control to the very end of that persons journey and life. A medium once said that the souls he sees who have suicided have the deepest regret, and usually didn't intend to actually go through with it. They shocked themselves when they were suddenly on the other side and looking at their families and friends won

This morning I tweeted about the difference between an Ordained Minister and a Professional Celebrant such as myself for a Funeral Service. The difference can be good or bad and depend on your outlook at the time. There was a time when I would proudly wear the tag of Christian, now I think I am a God-ist. I'm not quite Jewish, but for some reason every time I go to a Christian funeral I come away less Christian. When I go to a Funeral, which is rare as I am usually the one conducting the service as the Celebrant, I want to hear about the persons life. Not Christ's life. There are elements of His, that I feel are endemically important to celebrating a persons life, and the hope of his resurrection is of course part of that as we can believe with all certainty that death is not the end. Sadly most funerals conducted by Ministers of Religion seem to dwell so much on the God-like that the person who has attracted sometimes 100s of people to hear about their life is