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  What impressed me about Sofi Hamid was
its location. Situated in the middle of an uninhabited area,
this cemetery resembles an oasis in a desert. You look around
and see no signs of life-no villages, no houses, no shops. Sofi
Hamid is like an open-air art museum where the works on display
are carvings on gravestones painted in pastel colors. Curiously,
when you walk among them, you think, not about death, but life.
I had never thought much about how people might remember me after
I died. What would I be remembered for? The images carved out
of limestone on the Sofi Hamid gravestones are symbols of things
that were meaningful to the person who died. It makes you think
about your own life and, of course, to realize that life is so
short. After visiting Sofi Hamid, I find myself trying to live
my life more meaningfully, and to make others conscious of the
gift of life.
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