What must it be like for a busy person to suddenly die?  We know that we leave our bodies behind, but go on in consciousness, so what must it be like to go from having a million things to do, to none?  I wonder if, after the shock of having made the transition is over, and we figure out where in the universe we are, if we ever get back to thinking about all the things we didn't accomplish.  How long does it take before we find amusement in the gravity by which we went about trying to preserve ourselves and our things and to gather new ones?  Assuming we have some time to relax before we begin looking at the lessons learned in our lifetime, and preparing for the next one, do we immediately start thinking of the big picture things we didn't do, or do we still fret over the missed veterinary appointment? Or (and hopefully), are we so overjoyed to be immersed in the Presence of God, that the gravity of our earthly experience and unfinished list of tasks simply vanishes?

"Got everything done, died anyway," says a funny lady's tombstone.  It's likely this lady did not take her to-do list too seriously.  She may have been one of those who stopped to smell and to grow the roses often.  She may have laughed easily at the antics and troubles of her children and grandchildren, knowing how fleeting it all is, as they pass from one stage to another.  She probably rolled her eyes at her bills and joked about her wrinkles, and enjoyed the comic variety of her husband's snoring.  She probably did have a list on the frig and in her mind of all the things she needed and wanted to do in this lifetime, but was wise enough to live joyfully and love often, while she tinkered with her list.

Many of us, and maybe even most of us, wear life too heavily, like a girdle instead of a loose garment as the Bible somewhere says.  One day every single thing we are worried and fretful about in this moment will not exist, not in our consciousness, not in God consciousness.  In God Consciousness there is light, love, compassion, sweetness, joy, and companionship - only goodness.  And that is where we'll be.  So, since we're going there anyway, we might as well lighten up and have more fun while we're here!