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Headstone: For The Deceased One Or For Your Own Soul?
Written by Tom Tree   
Thursday, 03 June 2010 07:59
When it comes time to planning that dreadful day when people have to say goodbye to you, there are many things that you have to stop to think about. Some people wonder what sort of headstone they should get. Yet, many wonder if they should be the one to pick it out. There are some who wonder is headstone for showing love to the deceased one or for comforting your own soul.
by TomTree


When it comes time to planning that dreadful day when people have to say goodbye to you, there are many things that you have to stop to think about. Some people wonder what sort of headstone they should get. Yet, many wonder if they should be the one to pick it out. There are some who wonder is headstone for showing love to the deceased one or for comforting your own soul.

When you really look at the presence of the headstone, it has meaning to the living and the one who is buried. Many don't stop to think about this, but it's really true. With that being said, you might wonder how it's for both. Well, let's give you a glance at the thought behind this.

For the living, this is the place that has your name. It's the last place that they will be able to go and see you or talk to you so to say. That is why the headstone is there for them. It's personal. It has your name on it so it reminds them of you. Their hope is that your spirit will come to them. That is why it's there for the living.

For the living, this is where they find peace. It's hard reality to know that someone you love has passed on, but at the same time, it's comforting to know that they don't feel any pain or anything of that nature. It's hard to say goodbye, but this makes those who are living realize that they have a place to meet the deceased. They can sit there and talk by that headstone and feel the presence that they long to feel.

Last of all, it's the place to gather when you don't know where else to go. For some, they gather here to remember the day they laid their family to rest. For some, it's a place to gather when times are too rough and they just need to get away.

So, now you can see that there are people who will find that it means something to the person who is deceased. It's a sort of memorial if you really stop to think about it. However, it's the last thing; the last reminder of you that the living really have. That is how we come to figure that it's a bit of both really.

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