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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/_WfcYslLkE/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Francis Pasion (@francispasion)</a> on <time dateTime="2015-12-16T11:42:54+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Dec 16, 2015 at 3:42am PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>MANILA -- Film director and former magazine editor Cesar Evangelista shared on Facebook excerpts of the &quot;last will&quot; written by the late ABS-CBN director Francis Pasion, who died of <strong><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/entertainment/03/07/16/director-francis-pasion-dies-of-cardiac-arrest">cardiac arrest</a></strong> last Sunday.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cesar.evangelista.121/posts/1273356076027753">Evangelista said</a></strong> it was written by Pasion in 2011 during the eve of his 33rd birthday at the Cenacle Retreat House.</p><p>The excerpt reads: &quot;IF I DIE A SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED DEATH, then grieve, but do not grieve for long. I myself do not ever fear death. I know and I have always known that death is but like waking to a more peaceful reality, the reality that this life is just an illusion and the next is the real life of a true peace and happiness.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I am with my Creator now so save your tears and save yourself the trouble of thinking of many regrets. I have lived a full life and I have affected yours in one way or the other, please pass on this spirit of love and generosity to others. That will make, or my soul very happy. And your soul as well.&quot;</p><p>Pasion, 38, is one of the directors of the phenomenal primetime series &quot;On the Wings of Love,&quot; which ended just last month. He also directed the award-winning independent films &quot;Jay&quot; and &quot;Bwaya.&quot;</p><p>READ: <strong><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/06/16/abs-cbn-director-francis-pasion-found-dead">ABS-CBN director Francis Pasion found dead</a></strong></p>

"I am with my Creator now so save your tears and save yourself the trouble of thinking of many regrets."

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