When I die, mourn not my passing
But celebrate my life.
If you knew me, then I knew you too,
And you touched my life
- As I touched yours.

Throw a stone into a pond
And ripples spread in ever widening circles.
So the ripples of my life spread
- To touch the lives of many others.

But in my turn I was touched
- By the many ripples of your lives -
And for that I thank you all.
For you have helped to shape my life
And make me who I am.

Truly as a spring tide rises highest,
So have your ripples
- Joining together -
Made a spring tide for my life:
Lifting me higher
Than I could have ever reached
- If I had never known you.