A prophesy of life...
Anticipating a disaster is uasually a lot more soul-wrenching than being caught by one unawares.
A person who is told that s/he has only a few days to live is a very common subject of movies, books et al. In those remaining days s/he can either live life like never before or choose to die a slow death of waiting...die everyday in fragments.The person only realises how truly very valuable life is when there isn't much left of it. I think everbody has a motto in life... a few senseless words strung together to form a statement that brings sense into our lives. Sure, I have one too. The words that I try to live by are:
"Live life like you're going to die..."
Somebody once told me that that is a very morbid motto to sport. I was all astonishment. "Do you not understand what that means?" I wanted to yell out. Are these simple words so very unfathomable? I think not. Its a very clear sentence and it is anything but morbid; quite the contrary in fact. just because a sentence has the damn word "die" in it, it does not spontaneously degrade into a morbid sentence. Grasp the meaning, not the bloody words!!!
So, coming back to my opening statement, is it really true that anticipating a disaster is much more terrble than being struck by one? i guess it all comes down to one thing. Actually, if the truth be told, all that concerns us humans comes down to one thing...a choice.
You can choose to painfully and gradually turn into dust while you're waiting to die or you can live so that it is life that gains prominance, not death.
You control the spotlight so its up to you what you want to direct it at. I guess the answer to my question then differs from person to person. Its not really all that complicated is it?If you hack away all the fancy words its basically just this -Do you choose to live or do you choose to die in the time that has been given to you? So, whats the answer?
A person who is told that s/he has only a few days to live is a very common subject of movies, books et al. In those remaining days s/he can either live life like never before or choose to die a slow death of waiting...die everyday in fragments.The person only realises how truly very valuable life is when there isn't much left of it. I think everbody has a motto in life... a few senseless words strung together to form a statement that brings sense into our lives. Sure, I have one too. The words that I try to live by are:
"Live life like you're going to die..."
Somebody once told me that that is a very morbid motto to sport. I was all astonishment. "Do you not understand what that means?" I wanted to yell out. Are these simple words so very unfathomable? I think not. Its a very clear sentence and it is anything but morbid; quite the contrary in fact. just because a sentence has the damn word "die" in it, it does not spontaneously degrade into a morbid sentence. Grasp the meaning, not the bloody words!!!
So, coming back to my opening statement, is it really true that anticipating a disaster is much more terrble than being struck by one? i guess it all comes down to one thing. Actually, if the truth be told, all that concerns us humans comes down to one thing...a choice.
You can choose to painfully and gradually turn into dust while you're waiting to die or you can live so that it is life that gains prominance, not death.
You control the spotlight so its up to you what you want to direct it at. I guess the answer to my question then differs from person to person. Its not really all that complicated is it?If you hack away all the fancy words its basically just this -Do you choose to live or do you choose to die in the time that has been given to you? So, whats the answer?
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