It's a startling thought, that someday sometime, there's that final time - and never again - when you will meet someone, hold someone, say that word, share that laughter.
Then how do we know that it is not also the final time when we leave with a sharp word, a fight ending in tears, a time which leaves someone in despair, that final moment when the last memory is of pain given and anguish taken.
Life's profundities are often written in the simplest ways - to be kind, grateful, to listen, to respond gently. Our last memory has to be the one which we can live with without guilt or pain.
Then we can revisit everything which we loved about the one who has left us with gentleness, towards that memory, towards ourselves.
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The details of the music used in this episode are as follows -
Falling Star by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/falling-star
Licence: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
