We sulk, we fight, we abuse, we hold grudges, we hurt and get hurt only to realize that suddenly the other person doesn’t exist in this world. Gone to the world where there are no mobile phones, no connectivity, no way through which you can even convey anything!
Death’s got nothing to do with age. You could be as young as 20 or as old as 80, when you leave the world is decided by God. But yes, one thing is for sure, you will leave this world and so will your closed ones.
This is coming from losing someone I knew…not very closely but having known those who knew him very closely tells me - life is unpredictable. He left from work, took the car keys from his mom for a night out only to never ever come back home. Little did she know that she is seeing him for the last time and all she is asking from God now is to be able to speak to him one last time. She forgot to tell him how much she loves him. Elder sister who brought him up as a caring mother wonders why did she ever fight with him. Friends who have had lovely memories & crazy nights with him find it weird to believe that he is no more to add to their joy.
The pain of losing a loved one goes beyond words. But what is more painful is not expressing enough love/warmth when he was alive. As long as your body is functional, use it to tell others how much you love them every minute, every second. They may be irritating, they may get you angry sometimes because of their behavior, they haven’t been able to live up to your expectations but there will be a time when either you will be gone or he/she will be. Only then you realize that I only saw the bad side of the person. Why couldn’t I see how attached I was to him/her and how much you miss the person.
We all know for a fact that our soul is going to leave our body. And our body is either going to be buried or burnt. Unfortunately even doctors can’t win over God in this case. So why not make the most of the opportunity while we are alive. Forget about others dieing, aren’t you going to die one day? May be the next day or the next minute.
Money, power, fame dies with death. I may be the richest person but I still don’t get the privilege to take even a percent of my wealth as I die. What you leave here are few happy memories. If you have made someone happy today, you have earned millions. If you earned million rupees today and didn’t care about your closed ones, unfortunately you wasted your life. You have none when you die – neither money nor memories.
I don’t know if I have been able to put the message across but let me quote myself from an old note:
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Give praises, Give smiles, Give love, Give warmth, Give hugs, Give ideas, Give a helping hand.'
Make someone smile everyday. If you get angry on someone, get calm and think – what if I don’t see this person from tomorrow onwards? You can only get angry when you have some connection with that person. And see how that feels.
Nothing, I repeat, nothing is more valuable than ‘a life’. Please VALUE it. Please love yourself and others. Be kind to yourself and others.
Spread happiness and love. Dump hatred and anger!