Why the ‘Dead’ are ‘Undead’
If you haven’t lost anyone important in your life don’t read this. This is for those that have lost people they love and for those who are about to lose them.

How long has it been since you have lost someone you cared about?
Were you there for them at the last moment of their lives?
Have you ever done something worthwhile for them while they were still living?
Did you have any regrets?
Untold words?
Were you able to say “I love you” before they were gone?
The living are gone when they are dead.
The voice you hear every now and then is gone.
The time you thought, you still had with them has disappeared.
The smiles on their faces that you can never see again.
Words that you have always heard them say, will never be heard from them again.
They are gone.
All the time that was available to them have disappeared, there are no redos, no second chances.
They are gone from your lives forever and what you are left with is:
A bundle of memories, time spent, arguments, pranks, drunken days, tearful moments, sitting in a taxi, telling stories, talking about others, travelling to some unknown place, getting arrested, camping beneath the stars, finding out they are going out with your brother or sister and many more…
That is what is left behind and here’s the thing for those that haven’t realised it.
They are not dead. They are not gone. They are living within you.
All those precious memories. All the crazy and happy moments. All the grievances, fights and arguments. Those are marks. Carved into your mind.
Keep them if they are precious to you discard them if they aren’t, but if they are precious to you. Live with them.

The dead are never really dead.They are always living within us, through the memories we have of them.
What’s next, you may wonder? The next thing is up to you.
They’ve been with us when they are alive and now they are still with us when they are dead.
If you made a promise to go somewhere with them. Go do it.
If you made a promise to achieve something with them. Go do it.
If they had done something wrong and they asked you not to do what they had done. Go do it.
If you had any regrets. Go fix them.
If you were not able to say I love you. Say them now.
They are undead, they are alive and kicking. We cannot see them, we cannot feel them, but we know they are with us.
So live your life. The way you would have lived your life when they were with you. Nothing needs to change. The only thing that you have to do is move forward and live.
Live life while honouring the dead, the memories and all that is good in their name.
