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Morrie: A Living Funeral

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Morrie attended a funeral of a colleague shortly after he was diagnosed with ALS, and quickly decided he wanted something different. His idea of a living funeral, although morbid, is kind of brilliant. He attended his own funeral in a sense. People gathered and celebrated his life, and he got to celebrate with them. Although as readers received very little details about the living funeral, we can assume, because Morrie was in charge, that it focused on celebrating his life rather than dwelling on his inevitable death. When diagnosed with a disease like ALS, giving the individual only a certain amount of time left to live, a living funeral would be an adequate way to say goodbye and commemorate someone’s life. . Funerals are dreadful.

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