thought number two. towards the end, as yesterday was the last day of the wake b4 today's cremation, we had to bring the offerings to one corner to burn. thru out the night, we have been just stoning and stuff. but during the burning of the offerings, we all gathered around the area.

initially it was all praying and muttering of the prayers, then the buring began. ill say, i havent seen a fire that big for a long time. within a short time, the flames built on the paper and started to grow, like a small child growing on nutrients within a short span of time. at its full height, the fire blazed in its one minute of glory, full of life and eating up the offerings like a hungry spirit, lapping at the edges of the paper and burning it to a crisp. a paper house and lots of joss offerings charred immediately and turned into ash.

soon the fire began to die down, satisfied and full. it had enough for the night. from a huge fire, it began to shrink and shrink. in no time at all, it was just small flames still licking at the ash, attempting to take away whats left of the paper. and it was silence. chanel handbags the crackling stopped, and ambers in the ash were the only evidence that a huge fire had burnt and visited before. it was as though paper had just turned into ash within a short period of time, almost magically.

i cant help but think this is like our lives. we all grow stronger and wilder and fierecer, with that peak in our lives where we create the most impact on the world and other's lives. then as we grow old and generations after generations form behind us, they start to lead their own peaks in their lives, and u simply die down, till the day when even the ambers disappear amongst the ash... and you are gone just like that.

people can remember (like me) for a few days, a few weeks or even a few months. or years. but we cannot remember so vividly after such a long time, that's definite. all we can remember is that particular existence in our lives before. i guess this is the natural course of life. human beings are just made to be like that. we do not have super memory or anything like that. we have to learn to let go. and we naturally do anyway due to the restrictions in our memory.

yup. ill tend to agree with this view. better to know ur own limits and just live ur life well, making ppl rmb u, then trying to create too much a impact and make ppl remember u for hating u, just like how the fire would if it had gone out of control yesterday night. know urself, live ur life well and ppl shall rmb u for a short span of time for ur good. then after that, let go for them to live their own lives and let the cycle continue.