Befriend with Life and Death
Reflecting on death will help us to live life better. When we know how to live we know how to die and when we know how to die we know how to live. Death for most people is a fearful, painful and an unwanted thing. Death is painful and fearful for those who have not realized the value of life and have not live life to its fullness. Death for most people means the physical death that is the departure of the soul from the body. However, death does not limit to the existence of matter but also death implies the spiritual, emotional or behavioral death. A coward can die many times while living. Dying while living is very painful, bitter and fearful a cause unwanted death to a person. Death is a natural phenomenon for those who are born. Dying while living is a common to people; it is not only the coward who faces death while living, but the way we deal with death matters. Coward will die while living and lead an unhappy life while a brave and determined person will face death and turn them to positive impact of life. Death of values at times helps people and at times destroys people. Below I have share with you what I understand about death.
1. Physical death
a. Final death
b. Paralyses of the body
c. Near death experience
2. Dead of Values
i. Positive dead of values
a. Positive internal death
Ø Dead to hatred leads to peace
Ø Dead to selfishness leads to other centeredness
Ø Dead to anger leads to joy
Ø Death to greed leads to generosity
b. Positive external death
Ø Punishments for living a bad live leads to a good life (thief)
Ø Criticism from people for poor performance leads to a better performance
Ø Confrontations for misbehavior lead to good behavior
Ø Encouragements to participate in competition leads to self confidence
ii. Negative dead of values
a. Negative internal death
Ø Emotional instability like anger, loneliness, sadness that leads to a miserable life
Ø Selfishness, hatred, greediness etc. leads internal destruction
Ø Obsessive to food or anything will destroy the personality of a person
b. Negative External death
Ø Betrayal of friendship that leads to suicide
Ø Pulling down others through criticism, barring their opportunities
Ø Influence other in smoking, drinking, drugs, and sex and lead others to other vices that will spoil their personality.
Life is a gift of God to me and when the expiry date comes God will take back this gift to Him. My life is only a journey. Whether I live on this earth or die from this earth it will not bother me because my life will continue to exist with God. Just as I embrace life happily so also will I embrace death happily. I will live my life as if today is the first day, the best day and the last day in my life.
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