“I surrender the horn of plenty for the horn of Gabriel.”
Death, no person can avoid it. All people eventually die.
People die in various ways…
Some people are gunned down in church, some people are gunned in movie theaters, some people are gunned down delivering speeches, some people are gunned down in school, some people are gunned down at work, some people are gunned down at concerts, some people are gunned down at parades, some people are gunned down while praying, some people are gunned down in their homes, some people are gunned down in cars, some people are gunned down in synagogues, some people are gunned down because they knocked on a door, some people are gunned down because they rang a doorbell.
Death by gunfire is the #1 killer of kids in America. Fewer and fewer people are meeting death peacefully, in old age.
Will your life reflect one of love or lies? A life of humor or hatred? A life or nurturing or negativity?
So, when death comes…and it will, just remember, the life you lived won’t be edited to make you look better. What you said and did will come out. And you won’t be here to stop it.
Being There, book written by Jerzy Kosinski, film directed by Hal Ashby.
“No accountant can audit life in our favor.”
Excerpt from the eulogy, delivered by President Bobby, played by Jack Warden.