Guiding Light  Best Lines Thursday 1/25/07

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Provided By Tanya

The flame of remembrance never dies. There is no real death. Our loved ones never really leave us. A thousand sweet memories are holding them fast to the places they blessed with their presence and their love. We remember the work that they left. We remember the books that they read, the words they said, the songs they sang. All these become a part of our thoughts and our daily lives. And you know, and I know, that no thought can be lost, and no memory can be blotted out. The spirits of our loved ones stay with us. There is no death.

Oh, Jack, one more thing before you go. I want to move the show to television. I have lovely paintings that I can stare at if I'm interested in killing time. Say what you have to say, Jack.

Irna, it is not the same audience.

Why not?

Nobody has been able to bring a soap from the radio to television.

Good. I'll be the first.

Irna, women are used to listening while they do household chores. They don't have to pay attention.

They don't have to, but they do.

You know what I mean. Sitting down to watch? It's a whole other game.

You wouldn't have come here if you were going to say no.

All right. All right. But for the record, I would like to say--

Yes, yes, yes, we all heard you. It's going to be a colossal failure. Won't last a year. You'll see.

My good friend Luigi died not long ago. Last April he gave me a lamp he had made, the lamp I have in my study. The lamp of friendship, I call it. And I've heard it referred to as "The Guiding Light." Every time I see that lamp, I'm reminded that Luigi is still with me, still here. Along with others who have left. My wife has been gone for many years, and yet her spirit is with me always. I remember the things that she did, the things that she loved. I feel her love and her understanding around me always. Nothing will ever change that. She isn't gone, really. The grief that we feel over the death of a loved one is deeper than most of the sorrows that come to us. And it is difficult to try to reconcile ourselves to the loss that has left such an empty place in our lives. To those who today are mourning the loss of a loved one, may these words enter into their hearts and bring them peace. In the thought that there is no death. Only the body dies; the spirit remains with us. Always. There is a destiny that makes us brothers. None goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.

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