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ok, this is my second entry for the day. i was watching deathbed on star movies earlier and was motivated to blog. hope you guys will be entertained with this post and comment on it if you disagree.
we often take our lives for granted especially when we're young. we thing we're going to live forever. but from one moment to the next, nobody knows what will truly happen, right? we could be alive and well one moment and then.. dead the next. this actually shows the value of life and the uncertainties of death. to me, death is the 'great unknown', and that is why it is so scary and frightening. also, we think the inevitability of death long before it happens which can be very worrying. this fear and suffering keeps us from thinking seriously about death as it impedes our happiness. all of us are equal as far as life and death are concerned; we are all going to die. so it is very equal that death will happen to everybody. everyone has to go and however, before we die, can we live properly? properly being living life and enjoying life and not being sucked in by your surroundings and thought. i am determined to live properly until i die. if we are going to die, then we have to live the best we can. like the saying goes; to live well is to die well. that takes on great meaning, right friends? if our life is filled with being caught in the restraints of pain and suffering, then our life doesnt't have the same kind of meaning as if we live in freedom. ok, another example. hearing the doctors' words, "you have cancer, you may live for six months". this completely overwhelms the listener. the fear, the idea that i'm going to die in six months takes away all peace and joy of living life. before the doctor tells the person they had cancer, they had the capacity to enjoy themselves with their friends. however, once the doctor informs them of the tragic news, they have lost all the capacity to sit and enjoy a cup of tea or enjoy a meal because they are so afraid of the moment when they will die. sigh.. death comes unexpectedly. once can't bargain with death. our challenge as people is to improve ourselves to live happy, fulfilled lives. therefore death becomes something, which stimulates us, motivates us to help us live in solidity and freedom.
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