Chapter # 6- Recommendation # 24- Respect the memory of the deceased by your words and by your actions

I have heard many stories of family members fighting over the estate of deceased loved ones. Many become enemies, because they allowed selfishness and greed to take over them, and they totally disregard the fact that they've lost someone dear to them. I recall a situation a good friend of mine experienced after his father passed away. My friend's dad had purchased several different life insurance policy where he named as beneficiaries my friend and his sister. Several weeks after his dad passed away him and his sister began taking care of their deceased dad's estate,and each of them received what they were entitled to from the respective insurance policies. However, there was one more policy where him and his sister were entitled to but his sister decided not to let him know about it and she received the entire benefit and did not inform him of it. He became aware of the situation and immediately got into an argument with his sister over this money. The moral of the story, greed took over both of them, and they totally lost focus of what was really important, keeping the memory of their father alive who had recently passed away. We must honor and respect the memory of the loved ones that depart from us, most importantly if it is our parents. I truly hope that my bothers, sister and I know how to deal and handle matters impartially in regards to our parent's estates whenever that moment approaches. I'd like to believe that we will conduct ourselves with respect, love and affection among each other without permitting any feelings of greediness and selfishness to ruin the wonderful values our parents inculcated in us.