What is death, and how does it make life meaningful? Life is temporary, and even today, with the ever-growing technology, no one has yet to gain immortality. Death is one of the permanent things in a living being’s life, but what is death? One would say that death is when life ceases to exist, and others would say that it is the beginning of a new life. In this perspective, death is what makes life meaningful.
How does one perceive death? You never know when death will strike. When will you leave? When is the end? It is all a matter of how you view the question, “Why must we live when in the end we will die?” However, that is the very reason. It’s because we die that we must live.
Take every opportunity to revel in a moment that will one day become a memory. Have you made an impact on the world, no matter how little it was? Were you satisfied with your life? Were you happy? These are questions you must ask yourself as you go through all the years left in your hourglass.
People come and go. You meet people, and someday they will disappear, taken into the arms of death. However, they never truly die as they will continue to live on in your memory. Similar to the anecdote from the book, Dress Whites, Gold Wings. It tells the story of a boy named Jimmy who passed at a young age. Jimmy had a long future ahead of him. However, in the short life he lived, he was part of the lives of many. Just as a caterpillar says goodbye to its final breath, a beautiful butterfly emerges. Death is simply a doorway to a new beginning. We feel as if we lost something part of us, but that is not totally the case.
As much as possible, don't leave any regrets. After all, lying on your deathbed thinking of all things you could have done or shouldn’t have done would be a painful thing. Be brave and be bold. Do what you love and bring love to others, because in this world, we can only live once.
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