Sometimes, when I ponder about what happens after we die, I try to imagine that the afterlife could be whatever we want it to be. Wouldn't that be excellent? Anything, everything we could ever imagine happens there, our deepest wishes become tangible. And not the kind of superficial wishes, but the things you've longed for all your life, sometimes even without knowing.
I am dead. I am standing in a dark room with a dark floor in the middle of a dim spotlight. There are chairs around me with red velvet cuchions, but they're empty. And there's a big black piano with no one behind it. I'm wearing a ballroom dress. My hear is tied into a red flower and I'm wearing jewels. From the darkness into the spotlight steps a man. I know the man. I loved him once. The memories start to spill. I remember where I first saw him, how he laughed at me, how it made me feel. I feel so happy to see him again. I smile. He wears a tuxedo and white gloves and he smiles also. We get into position. The music starts. We dance. We twirl around the room, round and round. And whenever I look away and look back at the man, there's a different man. All the men I ever loved in my life are there. This is my final dance. It stretches out eternally over time. Twirling and dancing, our bodies know the exact movements to the music. We don't speak, we just dance. Every man brings out his own memories. Some of them I didn't even remember, but they are here now. And some I never even said a word to in my life, but I felt for them anyway (yes, the unattainable famous men are there also :) see earlier post) I am overwhelmed with gratefulness and joy to see them all again and to have this final dance with them. To look them in the eyes and to remember how much I loved them during my life. This is pure hapiness. This is what happens in my afterlife.
So please, come and join me. Play Jamie Cullum's "Please don't stop the music", which is perfect for this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq6Bq2TVyVs
and dance...dance with all the men or women you ever loved in your life.
