When I die...

@Jenaisle (14079)
Philippines
April 16, 2023 7:47am CST
I want the epitaph on my tombstone to read: "Here lies the woman who took life seriously and died anyhow." or "Learn from me. One of the permanent things in life is death. Hence, live your life conscientiously because you only live once." or something along these lines. I made these phrases by connecting clichés. This is because sometimes we are so focused on making money that we forget to live our life to the fullest. It is often too late when we realize that we have only one life. What about you? If you were to write your epitaph, what would you write and why?
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rakski
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
16 Apr 23
I have not think about it yet.
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14079)
• Philippines
16 Apr 23
I see, well you're still young, you still have time to think about it.
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rakski
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
16 Apr 23
@Jenaisle maybe it would be better to instill it to people around us now while we are living. If it will be in the tombstone, no one can read it after the burial
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130247)
• India
17 Apr 23
For me it would be She believed in the thought it is not how much one has but what one makes of what one has is the route happiness and she followed it till the end.
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14079)
• Philippines
17 Apr 23
Great! That's an awesome epitaph. Happiness is not measured by what one has but of what one makes with what he/she has. I love it. It's a great principle in life as well.
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14079)
• Philippines
17 Apr 23
@allknowing That's a great way to live. Keep it up!
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130247)
• India
17 Apr 23
@Jenaisle That is why I have a spring in my step even when my legs hurt (lol)
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rsa101
@rsa101 (37969)
• Philippines
16 Apr 23
I have not thought about it at all. I think I won't be dying soon and if I die now it is my loved ones who will decide what to write there and it won't matter to me anymore.
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14079)
• Philippines
16 Apr 23
Good answer. You're cool about the topic.
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rsa101
@rsa101 (37969)
• Philippines
17 Apr 23
@Jenaisle Yeah I am ok if they don't write about it. I would be in another world by then and I would be forgotten in time here and what is written in my tombstone would make an impact to many unless I am a very famous person perhaps those are important. But many of us do pass on quietly and remembered for a short period of time.
Shavkat
@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
16 Apr 23
This would be a good phrase for me: "A man who touched many lives."
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14079)
• Philippines
16 Apr 23
That's so interesting - to have touched many lives. I'm sure all those you have touched will remember you all their lives.
OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86914)
• United States
17 Apr 23
I would write "Wasn't Born to Follow" because that is me. I am very independent.
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14079)
• Philippines
17 Apr 23
That's a unique one, I remember Lady Gaga's song Born this way. . Being independent is not bad. Keep going.
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (40636)
• United States
17 Apr 23
I love the one that read, "I told you I was sick."
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14079)
• Philippines
18 Apr 23
I liked that too. It's funny too.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (170820)
• United States
16 Apr 23
That is a good question. I don't really expect to have a tombstone though as I am going to be cremated. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust sort of thing. I wouldn't mind a marker or better yet, a tree planted in my honor.
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14079)
• Philippines
16 Apr 23
That's cool. Now, I'm thinking about cremation too.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (62551)
• United States
16 Apr 23
I’m a hypochondriac, so mine should say, “I told you I was sick!”
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14079)
• Philippines
16 Apr 23
This made me smile. " I told you so, and you didn't believe me."
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (157739)
• United States
26 Apr 23
Do it while you're young. Too many people wait until retirement to do the things they want; and then physical restraints make it impossible to live the life you want to live.