You, too, are Mortal
Will we die?
Yes, all of us will.
But I think some people are not aware of their own mortality, sometimes me included. I find that the eternal irony of life just beckons - are we just a figment of it's imagination after we leave this place. I find myself having to conform to other people's wishes and desires... Living life the way other people want. Sometimes it's flattering that people think of you, but it's sickening that people are just so self absorbed by what they want of other people they forget to stand on the other side of the fence.
So, is life meant to be this big joke, with strings attached to everything we do? Shall we be manipulated into conformity?
So, as a loving spouse, are you expected to be someone else? As a student, are you conforming to a system that expects you to be a particular way to be considered a 'good' student?
Perhaps this is merely a symptom of a form of paranoid thinking. If for instance we were to stop and reflect, we might be blind because the reflection comes from us rather than objective reality.
Then... Is there really an 'objective' reality?
I was once reminded of my own mortality in a dream. And in that dream, someone said 'you are human'.
So, does that mean our fragile life ought to be belittled and scoffed at?
Contrary to that... It is mortality that lets me believe we as Humans, in this short span of time we are alive, we ought to treasure it and discover that beyond this mortal shell, our actions and behaviors leave immortal effects for the people we interact with.
So when you act, act purposefully.
When you care, care wholeheartedly.
When you anger, anger wisely and slowly.
When you fear, fear contendedly.
When you smile, smile completely.
And if you doubt, doubt clearly.
But whatever you do, live... And live humanly. ;)
Yes, all of us will.
But I think some people are not aware of their own mortality, sometimes me included. I find that the eternal irony of life just beckons - are we just a figment of it's imagination after we leave this place. I find myself having to conform to other people's wishes and desires... Living life the way other people want. Sometimes it's flattering that people think of you, but it's sickening that people are just so self absorbed by what they want of other people they forget to stand on the other side of the fence.
So, is life meant to be this big joke, with strings attached to everything we do? Shall we be manipulated into conformity?
So, as a loving spouse, are you expected to be someone else? As a student, are you conforming to a system that expects you to be a particular way to be considered a 'good' student?
Perhaps this is merely a symptom of a form of paranoid thinking. If for instance we were to stop and reflect, we might be blind because the reflection comes from us rather than objective reality.
Then... Is there really an 'objective' reality?
I was once reminded of my own mortality in a dream. And in that dream, someone said 'you are human'.
So, does that mean our fragile life ought to be belittled and scoffed at?
Contrary to that... It is mortality that lets me believe we as Humans, in this short span of time we are alive, we ought to treasure it and discover that beyond this mortal shell, our actions and behaviors leave immortal effects for the people we interact with.
So when you act, act purposefully.
When you care, care wholeheartedly.
When you anger, anger wisely and slowly.
When you fear, fear contendedly.
When you smile, smile completely.
And if you doubt, doubt clearly.
But whatever you do, live... And live humanly. ;)
3 Comments:
Yes, we will all die. Many of us spend so much time and effort finding a solution for our illness or for a better health and lifestyle, worrying about how we will die. There's a saying that goes something like that, " Worry not how you will die but how you have live." This world would be a much better place if we all live each day as if it was our last, doing what we can for others and not so much on what others can do for us.
God Is With You,
Anita
Hey Anita, great contribution. It echoes my feelings about how we should all focus on developing and living well rather than just existing. :)
Stuart
Like that poem. specially "anger wisely and slowly". anger drives me to do many postive things that I wouldn't normally do and in the process i change or become better. "Doubt clearly" means knowing exactly what we are not sure about huh? so we can put it to the test. Or by determining the question precisely, we come up with the rigt answer.. closer to home. But what does the poet mean by "fear contentedly"??
Caren
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