I have been thinking about the Magnum PI episode of many years ago, ”Time and Jelly Donuts”. For some reason it has always touched a nerve for me. In that episode, which was the last one for that season, he is shot and is in a coma.
From that perspective, he gets to see the impact of his death on everyone in his life and decides to make things right. There is a scene shot in a park above Tantalus, looking down on Honolulu. He communicates with his wife, and he frees her to move on. Ostensibly she can’t hear him, but she understands, and moves on.
And, of course it is symbolic for all of us.
Life and death happens. The privilege of being here and participating is something beyond wonderful. But, moving on is important. One cannot dwell on the past lest it destroy the future.