That's the first rule my parents taught me when i was young and i kept that rule in my heart.
"Love other people the same way you love yourself" - the second rule taught to me.
I religiously followed those rules...
But it was only yesterday when i saw with my own eyes what those two rules really mean and what it could do to you as a person.
My dad's cousin (my aunty) died last Saturday. It was sudden. It's a big shock...although we have an idea that she would soon meet our creator in Heaven because she was diagnosed as having "cancer of the pancreas", her loss still came as a shock to us... her family, relatives and friends.
We were informed that she would only have two months to live. But it was only a month's time...
Two months is so short...losing her in a month is too short and too fast. What hurts us the most is, she died not because of her illness but because of her drug...that was supposed to heal her and not to kill her.
I would not like to think that "she did it on purpose" I would not like to think that she purposely overdosed herself with morphine so she could ease the pain she's feeling...forever.
I would not and i would not want to judge her.
Yesterday, my parents and I went to her wake. My Aunty is a very beautiful woman in her 50's. She is known for her cheerfulness and kindness to everyone around her.
We are aware that there are so many people who love her...but what surprised us were the number of people who came to her wake...to give their respect and to say goodbye. I am not talking about 40 or 50 people...but hundreds! There were celebrities and politicians and some from the media who came. Wow! I didn't thought my Aunty was that popular. They were there to testify the good things that my Aunty did for them...in small and big ways. We heard a lot of stories about my Aunty...we found out how many people she had helped when she was still alive. Nice is a good word. But compassion and kindness are two words that we heard most from her friends which i think is a lot overwhelming that just hearing the word "nice".
Some of her friends living in foreign countries came home to Philippines just to see her and pay their last respect.
I remember the movie "Pay it Forward". My Aunty did so many good things while she was still alive...and now that she's dead, people came back to say "thank you" and then they are now moving on with their lives...bringing the lesson they learned from my Aunty "to do good all the time"
The goodness which my Aunty did will now be passed on to other people...now that's what i call "PAY IT FORWARD"
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Condolence!
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