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Last Words  

I recently wrote a daily devo about headstones with no writing on them.  That got me to thinking about some headstones or “last words spoken” with humor or meaning in them.  (I think I have too much time on my hands…)

 

A simple google search will show you hundreds of headstone writings of a humorous nature.  Edmund Gwenn, who starred in Miracle on 34th Street said, “Dying is easy, comedy is hard.” Groucho Marx, for whom comedy came easier, was quick enough to have posed this closing line: “Die, my dear? Why, that’s the last thing I’d do!”

 

Karl Marx, before he succumbed to bronchitis in London, said “Go on, get out!” he raged. “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough!”

 

Perhaps our dying words should be like the “Rosebud” moment in our lives. Invoking that last word uttered by the megalomaniacal publisher on his deathbed in the film “Citizen Kane” According to director Orson Welles, the word reflects the comfort, simplicity, and maternal love that Kane subconsciously yearned for until his final breath. 

 

So what should we say or have written on our headstones as we begin our final earthly journey?

 

In reality, it does not matter.  How you lived your life up to that point is what really matters.  Did I live in peace with my family and friends. More importantly, did I live for God?

Don’t wait on your last words before you say what matters!~jme

 

THOUGHT  OF THE DAY:🤔 “I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.” ~Bob Newhart