Religious or Spiritual Celebration of Life Poem or Reading Ideas “The Frontier is Everywhere” by Carl Sagan. ... “The Final Countdown” by Europe. ... Walden quote from Henry David Thoreau. ... The Death and Rebirth of Self by The Daily Om. ... “If you wrestle an angel…” by Stephen Jenkinson. ... Excerpt from The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. More items... Jun 29, 2021