Why not set a day to remember the living?

At least you can still do something for them. You can forgive them, get in touch with them, compliment them, tell them how much you love them and how much they mean to you, give them a gift, help them, make their lives a little better, write them a note, make them feel special, listen to them — and almost anything else that comes to your mind.

In a way, it’s easy to remember the dead. We don’t have to go much further than our thoughts. No obligations. But to remember the living, that calls for action.

Maybe that’s why there isn’t a day for it on the calendar. But you can write it on your own. Why not make today your Day of the Living and make someone who’s still alive feel important?

But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Ecclesiastes 9.4