Meeting and talking to a man who had nearly died on the operating table he told me his biggest regret. "If I had died no one would have noticed. Everyone would have just said, "Poor Frank" but never thought about me again. My wife and kids might have remembered me a little longer but that's it."
Irelized that's what we all ultimately crave attention. To be noticed now and remembered when we die. To have lived that Prince life.
That's why social media is so popular. Endless selfies and posts of what we've been doing. Advertisers understand our deepest cravings. "Don't go quietly". Our world has become a flood of photos and bad behaviour trying to draw attention to ourselves.
We have to decide. Do we want to be famous? Is that the way to happiness?

The hardest thing to do in life is to let go. Our lives are so frail that we cling to what we have.
An abusive partner
Children even when they grow up
At least I have a job.
All of these give us security so we're not alone. But the reality is that we're never alone. If we have the power within us and the knowledge that we really never die how can we not learn to let go and move forward with our life?
In Gravity Sandra Bullock's daughter died on earth. She clung to the memory. But looking at this objectively from a long way off in space she realised how much she had impeded her earthly life by clinging to the past.
"What you have to learn is to let go', says George Clooney when he tells her to unhook him before he plummets into space.
Learn this great lesson to truly discard the past.

The thin red line. The difference between sanity and madness, between life and death.
All of us live on that edge. We mightn't know it but we all do. Some choose it for the excitement. Olivia has a violence order out against her boyfriend as he had his hands around her neck. He is out of jail and texting her again. She can't help but reply sometimes. She's not back with him again yet but...?
Next door are just teenage dirtbags. They share common walls with all their neighbours. Last night they had a dance party, screamed all night and climbed all over the roof of different houses. Jumping between different roofs seems like fun. Oops. A thin red line.

Why are we all so bored in life? We have lived in peace for so long that we are taking it for granted and choosing constant drama in our lives.
People think drama is exciting but it can turn deadly. A friend was nearly strangled by her partner in a remote spot which she chose to go to with him to. She had taken violence orders out against him before. She knew what he was like but he was offering her holidays and excitement which she couldn't resist.
He lured her there. At first it was a pleasant dinner on her arrival. He had cooked a delicious dinner for them and they were enjoying each other's company. Then she mentioned a lovely weekend she had just spent with friends. The mood suddenly darkened. He couldn't handle the fact that she had enjoyed herself without him. His hands went around her throat. She kicked him and ran for the door. He grabbed her and threw her down the stairs,
She again became submissive and doing that allowed her to eventually escape and call the police.
Leave him. Choose peace and give up the drama. Look at yourself and see what you've both become. Choose a better life.

Easter is a time for renewal and resurrection. All religions teach us that death does not exist. But we don't believe any of them. We always live thinking this is it and are terrified to die.
Yes the body dies but our soul essence does not. Watching a dead body white and stiff fools us into thinking this is the end. But really it's only the start for all of us. A person's essence is so pure and happy. Pleased that their earthly trial is over and with their wisdom and experience enhanced, they can now truly rest in peace.
Eternity.