Explanation We drop everything to attend the funeral of someone we love. Whatever our commitments, we work around them, because there's only ever one official opportunity to mourn with others who knew the beloved. Getting time off work, postponing holidays, rescheduling meetings and so on can be difficult and inconvenient, but we do it. We go to great pains to 'celebrate' death; why not do the same to celebrate life? A liferal is the antithesis of a funeral. It's a gathering to celebrate friendships before they are dissolved by death. Since death is unpredictable yet inevitable, a liferal is logical. Far better to spend time, money and effort celebrating with a live friend than to waste it on wreaths and bereavement notices when they pass away. When someone crosses over (especially suddenly) we lament the chances we had to exchange truths like: I love you, thank you, you are precious, I'm glad you're my friend. These opportunities are lost forever, making our bereavement all the more painful. A liferal is our chance to tell friends everything we'll otherwise regret not having told them after their (or our) passing. Since death is inescapable, we can't afford for it to be our enemy. Rather, we should make death our ally. By using it as a constant reminder of the precious, fragile nature of our life and love, we will seldom abuse either, and thus be richer for the time we do manage to walk the Earth.

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