Living forever
The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet
At a certain moment a doctor will determine that my body has
ceased to function and that, for all intent and purpose,
my life has stopped.
Dont call this my deathbed. Let it be called the Bed of Life, and let my body be taken from it to help
others lead fuller lives.
Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a babys face or love
in the eyes of a woman.
Give my heart to a person whose own heart has pain.
Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so
that he might live to see his grandchildren play.
Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.
Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way
to make a crippled child walk. Explore every corner of my brain.
Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that, someday, a speechless
boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window.
Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers
grow.
If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all prejudice
against my fellow man.
Give my sins to the devil.
Give my soul to the God.
If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone
who needs you.
If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.
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Robert N Test