LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 112

Funerals are for our benefit, not the dead guy's. He's past all that. Nothing we do for them or say about them makes a dime's worth of difference to the dead. They're pretty indifferent, to say the least, and completely unresponsive to praise or displays of affection. Do something nice today for somebody still breathing and tell them you love them. If they don't appreciate it or blow you off, well, you tried. That's one less funeral you have to attend when the time comes or one less guest to make a fuss over your dead carcass if you go first.