Death and Dying - Two ways to die - Overcome Death
When my father died last month, it made me think more about death and dying.
I don’t mean to be morbid. I’ve gone through several phases with this now.
First was a certain disbelief. This was followed with just being numb. Then, I talked about it to the point that the emotion was overcome by the commonness of it.
It’s been a sad reality.
Not to be funny, but death is just so final. It’s the ultimate can’t-do-over.
It makes you not want to mess up. Every moment passes only once. The few seconds you just spent clicking here and reading to this point in this article will never happen again. You may have another similar experience–But, this moment is gone forever.
All this thinking about death and dying has brought me to a really weird, undesirable conclusion.
I would like to say we have a choice, but we don’t.
We will die one of two ways. Thus the title: Two ways to die.
I’m not talking about the method of death: some illness or physical calamity or failure. I’m talking about the general circumstance of death and dying.
I don’t like it, but here it is:
You will either watch everyone you know die, or, you will die first.
They can’t rightly be called options, but plainly stated: you’re either dying first or watching everyone else die. It isn’t any better when you flip it.
I guess the best of pain and living would be to die somewhere in the middle. Then you live a little longer and only have to watch half of everyone die.
This gets ridiculous fast.
The only real choice in the matter is about how we live. The death part doesn’t change. Even if you believe in life after death, that death part really sucks. And the part leading up to it isn’t that great either.
So make the most of what is good and worthy while you have it. It will be gone.
Hope for somewhere in the middle for dying. But change what you can control.
What can you control? All the life part you’re living right now.
Like, what are you going to do now–I mean, right now?
Click to another site? Email this to a friend as a sick joke? Post this to your own blog and spread a sick joke?
These are some of a million things you might do in the next few moments.
I hope that’s the best use of your next few moments. You sure wouldn’t want to waste them.
Hug your wife and kids. Hug your mom and dad. Eat out whenever you can.
Honor God and man with all that belongs to them. Prioritize some fun into your life. Take a trip. Plant a garden. Send a card.
Don’t keep doing anything that causes regret. Find a handle to overcome bad habits. Create a place for peace in your life. Think about good things.
Regards.
