I really liked the I believe essay “Always Go to the Funeral” by Deirdre Sullivan. I think the older generation believed this much more than my generation and younger. I know it seems like my mother goes to every local visitation of everyone she has ever known. She has to go sign the book. She doesn’t always go to the funeral but she does go to the visitation or viewing as it is sometimes called. I liked how the author related going to a funeral to life and doing what you really don’t want to do because it’s the right thing to do. I do not like going to funerals. I cannot imagine that anyone does. It is an obligation and you go because it’s the right thing to do. There are many things like funerals that I do because it’s the right thing to do but I don’t really want to. There are a lot of days that I don’t feel like working and I could call in sick or just take the day off but I don’t feel like it’s right to call in unless I am really sick. I know there are a lot of people that call in if they have the slightest sniffle. I think it’s a matter of work ethic and I don’t think the younger adults have much work ethic. Of course, I know several people my age that don’t have much work ethic either so maybe it doesn’t have anything to do with the generation maybe it’s just the times. Another thing that I really don’t like to do but I do out of obligation is visiting people in the hospital. I feel horrible for not wanting to go and usually do because it’s the right thing to do. That has more to do with just making the time to do it than actually disliking it. I think that is the problem with a lot of people. Our lives are so busy and our children are so busy, we don’t feel like we have time for things like hospital visits and funerals. I agree with idea of this essay that it is important to make that time, do what is right and always go to the funeral.
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