by Joseph Malek

Created on: November 04, 2009   Last Updated: November 24, 2009

There are many benefits to be derived from planning your own funeral. The fact is that you want to "Rest in peace." It is sad but true that your relatives, wife or husband and/or your friends might not know how or where you most desire that your mortal remains reside after your body passes away.

There is also the sad possibility that no one will provide a decent and/or respectful disposition of your mortal remains. More often than not, people who have no next of kin usually end up within a medical school or are simply cremated without regard to that person's religious beliefs. Most likely, who or what you were during your life will be gone and soon forgotten forever. Do you want to be remembered within the hearts and the minds of future generations?

Yes, that is why it does make good sense to plan and pay for your own funeral prior to your death. Sooner or later all of us will pass away and all of our property will be given to the living. On the other hand, some people simply give most, if not all, of their tangible and/or intangible property to their relatives and/or friends before they pass away.

Such people are also wise enough to hire an attorney and subsequently create their "Last Will and Testament." Within it you can also provide for the disposition of your mortal remains, as well as picking the funeral home that will provide that service for you.

Naturally, you should choose the funeral home that can comply with all that you request, at a price that you can afford to pay for the service rendered. You do not have to be a wealthy person to do so. In fact, it is possible to, in most cases, pay a portion of your burial expenses each month, or as agreed upon, while you are alive. It is also possible to purchase an insurance policy that will provide for the payment of those expenses, should you die before such expenses are paid in full by you.

The point here is that you will, without a doubt, know how and where your mortal remains will be for many years, if not forever. Keep in mind that your next of kin, friends and/or business associates might not, for one reason or another, fully comply with your final requests.

Since each of us are somehow different from every other person that is alive on Earth, only you can determine the best way for you to "Rest in peace." Therefore, it is wise to do whatever you can to insure that your mortal remains, as well as your spirit, does truly "Rest in peace." Then again, your peace of mind will also help you to make that transition to the Hereafter, wherever that Hereafter might be.

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