On the Passing of a Friend

I stopped crying halfway though the funeral service for a friend of mine. It occurred to me that he was gone and that was that...what was I crying for? I was crying for the rest of us who had him in our lives for too short of a time. I believe that to be self-pity and uncalled for for any real length of time. :) So instead I smile because I had him in my life at all.

I suppose really that the best thing for me to do is remember how to relax, laugh at myself instead of becoming angry, and how to handle difficult people with aplomb...things he tried to teach me. :)