Tuesday, 24 April 2018

JUST A THOUGHT - ON SAYING GOOD BYE TO U.V. AND CONTEMPLATING OUR FINAL APPOINTMENT WITH FATE. PART 3.









So, as we made our way into the Crematoria for the ceremony, we were regaled with the upbeat and soulful rhythm of Fats Domino's Blue Berry Hill.

Some people might see this as 'irreverent' or unorthodox, which it probably was or could be perceived as. 

And yet, although it is natural and understandable, even necessary that we should mourn the loss of our loved ones. 

How much more should we celebrate their ultimate freedom from all the distress and pain which are and have become the burden of life's journey? 




Yes, as Martin Luther King said: 'Free at last', 'Free at last.' This, then, is the ultimate freedom', which all men and women are fated to experience.  

And it is one which should be celebrated, more than it should be mourn. Especially since our mourning is, really for ourselves.

This was followed by the Officiating official giving a dynamic and short summary of M's life and times amongst the people whom he had shared it with. 

If M had be present at his funeral, in any sense but spiritual, he might have told the congregation about a very interesting life. 




One which had taken him from the uncertainty of a colonial life, in beautiful tropical island in the West Indies. To the uncertain but more hopeful life in what was then referred to as the 'mother country', of the then 'Great Britain.' 

We might never know how successful and satisfied M would say he had been, in having made the journey which laid between the young man and the old man. 

And achieving and living the dreams and aspirations he had on his arrival in what is now, arguably, just 'post-Windrush'  Britain and the United Kingdom.

Be that as it may, it was now time to move onto the second song in the programme. 

To be continued!






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