Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I often think to myself, "Are you ready to die?" and this thought keeps me engaged for a few moments. It's strange to think about death, but denying it and sweeping it under the rug doesn't help. Being conscious of your death is a component of being alive. I think if I am not aware that I am going to die one day, I am not completely living. That isn't always a terrible thing. It is human nature to struggle for that final breath, no matter how much one psychologically prepares for and embraces death. Accepting death as a part of one's journey will make life more peaceful, satisfying, and good. Accepting mortality and reminding oneself of the unavoidable are two excellent ways to motivate oneself to live a life full of adventure and love. What actually matters is what you do with that fleeting window of opportunity. Do you admire your children? Do you work with the elderly as a volunteer? Are you making a difference in society? When you learn to love unconditionally and to give without expecting anything in return, your life takes on a whole new meaning and purpose. It makes a difference when you have established a life based on honesty, love, compassion, kindness, respect, and respect for yourself. What you do with the time you have on this earth matters.
I don't believe we have enough time to complete all of our objectives. We only have a limited number of years to do so, therefore we want to go deep into everything. However, it is possible that we will pass away shortly. We may be crossing the street and be hit by a car. Alternatively, we may fall asleep and not wake up. I'm constantly conscious that anything like this may happen to me at any time. There is no dodging the fact that we all have an expiration date. And that's a bit uneasy. Isn't it? It's something we'd like to conquer. It's not something anyone wants to be terrified of. And there's this tiny feeling in my reality that I'd want to know about. We begin consuming almost immediately after birth. In other words, we're just using up our environment. So, I think the idea of dying and returning to the earth and decomposing is one very tiny way that we might give back to the actual physical earth. I appreciate the thought of not costing the environment anything when I die.
We have produced a dominating worldwide civilization that is scared of its own mortality. In our culture, there is such a strong dread of death. It's one of the primary reasons for all our problems: the need for permanency, the desire to outlast oneself, the fear of death, and so on. Because we were never taught how to deal with death. To me, death has taught me about impermanence and the need to appreciate what I have right now. It's about living fully and brightly with the knowledge that this, too, will pass. This will all fade away at some point.
The more realistic question or the more useful question we should be asking ourselves is: What perhaps you'd like to leave behind? What do you want your final moments to be like? How do you want to be remembered? You'd want to leave a trail of light behind you, similar to a boat's wave and I hope that everyone wants to leave the world a better place than they came into it.
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