Obituary of the Unknown

Yesterday morning at 5:31 a.m. the world lost another unknown soul. Like so many others that perish everyday, he really only had lived an average life.

He spent 25 years at the same company where he moved through meaningless middle management jobs. He was a want to be adventurer, but really could never give up the security and money his job provided to be truly happy.

A wife and two children survive him, and the million-dollar life insurance policy should help them get through this difficult time. I am certain he will be missed, but in the long term another will replace him.

Hundreds attended the funeral, although he had a few true friends. Everyone was there to see and be seen. There were discussion about stock tips, upcoming business meetings, and latest community rumors, but little was said about the accomplishments of the average man who had died.

The eulogy was delivered, the minister spoke, and a few people did even cry, since death is sad that way. His body was then taken to the cemetery where it was buried in his final resting place. His tombstone simply read “He Honored Life”, with his birth date and death date etched into the granite.
Within a few days the emotions around his death will subside and he will become forgotten by most. At that point he will become just an unknown soul that once passed across the earth.