"Do Not be Afraid of Death, be afraid of the unlived life"

"You don't have to live forever, you just have to live".  And it is with these words that end one of the most charming and simply poetic movies-TUCK EVERLASTING.  It is a movie that has been out for a number of years and I just watched it for the first time.  If you've not seen it, it's central theme is of mortality and while my most recent life situation and experience tailors me to want to embrace it-immortality that is.  I've often spoke of death and the most damning element to it is that it is so....damn permanent.  And yet, the thought of immortality in some ways sounds inviting, the family depicted in the movie don't necessarily strive to embrace their "gift".  They seem to deny the beauty of not having to die.  It's not so much that the thought of dying but a little over a year ago, I so wished that time would stand still...no going forward....no going backward.  But, as the plot and depiction of the move entails that to do this would certainly disrupt the circle of life.  And that is the key to life; it is a circle that does not break and no matter how many roadblocks, travesties, accomplishments, that present themselves to us, we must continue to move forward.  We can't look behind us. 
And it is with these thoughts I give this image and this song.