The values we take for granted.

Today I went to a funeral. As we all know these are never the nicest of events and today was no exception.
I wasn't very close to the person that had past on but I have a list of situations where we have ended up crossing each others paths. The funeral was of a young man, he died at the tender age of seventeen.

I remember standing listening to the speeches of what he had achieved and how he had done so much in his short life and I remember looking around the room and watching peoples eyes fill up with tears whilst mine remained dry. I then saw the boys mum and all at once I could not help but feel over whelmed with emotion. I thought back to the age of 13 when I myself lost a close friend and began remembering everything all over again.

I remembered how difficult it was and I kept thinking he would be returning to school the next day which of course was never going to happen. After the funeral my parents drove over to where the wake was being held, I saw people I knew and people I had never met all hugging and comforting each other and then I saw the slide show of  the boys photos being displayed on a screen.

My emotions took over me and away from where I was. All I could think about was how unfair the world is to those that don't deserve it to be at all. I couldn't help but think about how his family must feel and how although today has been a statement of saying good bye they will not be saying that for a very long time. It made me think about how it will change their lives and how ever hard they try they will never be the same.

After thinking all these things I found it very hard to talk to anyone or listen to what they were saying because all I could think about was relating my similar experience with theirs. I came home and couldn't hold back tears any longer, I was sad. Sad for his family, sad for something they will never be able to replace. Today has influenced me and made me realise how important both life and death are, how much I value my friends and family that I have around me and how lucky I and many other people are to have these things.

R.I.P Greg, although you are gone from this earth I know you will never be forgotten.