Living life

I've been to a memorial service today.  A friend died too early from a brain tumour, and this was a service at Colney Woodland Burial Park.  It is a beautiful place, and today the sun shone and the birds sang, making it a very poignant way to say goodbye to somebody.  Death always makes us assess where we are in life, are we making the most of it when we only have one? 

I've been feeling overwhelmed for the last few weeks.  I despise the policies the coalition government is putting in place, they are demolishing so much.  And it creates a pressure at work, many people are stressed, and I don't think this brings out the best in people.

However I've met some lovely people today, and said goodbye to someone for whom the politics of fairness and equality were so important.  I owe it to her to keep fighting and keep my spirits up.  "Life only kills when you choose not to live it."