Well, my friend, you have begun to fulfill your obligation very well. The road I have travelled has caused me to ponder these things. I have often wondered if when it is time to take that walk, what will be left of me here. I found the answer in the deaths of people like your friend, Hal. Immortality is achieved when we have left behind friends and family who loved us and miss us in our passing. If we didn't share our selves and our gifts freely and generously, then a few years after our passing we are gone. But if our legacy was love and sensitivity, giving of ourselves fully and sincerely, then the only obligation left for our family and friends is to sing our song. Your friend obviously did his part, and bless you for doing yours.

Here's to Hal, a good man, passed through the veil, but his song is still playing.

All the best,

Big Mick