DEATH.
Candles,
flowers, coffee, coffin, six feet under, worms, decaying body, I am probably
taking about death.
I
remember one famous saying from Benjamin Franklin, he said “in this world,
nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes”. Well, people are
openly taking about taxes, the lawmakers, rich people, and ordinary people, but
death, we don’t really talk about it that much. In fact, we can’t even bare to
think of it, can we? When such topic suddenly enters our mind, we do a little
head-shake, especially when it involves people who mean so much to us. But why?
This is because we are afraid, because we believe that if we think and talk
about death, we increase the possibility for it to happen. And we might just
end up secretly blaming ourselves for talking and thinking about it.
Death
they say is the last layer or definition on that which cannot be defined. As we
continue our journey here on earth, we see people dying, we pray for them, we
cry for them, but that’s how deep we can get. And still, we cannot define death
fully and no matter how hard we try exploring our imagination, there is no way
we can confirm it, not until we ourselves go through it.
We
know for sure that everyone is bound to die and no one will live forever, and
this is one of the few things we all share, that death is naturally inevitable.
But
despite of that common knowledge that we have, death still remains as one of
the most avoided topics we discuss with our loved ones. It is as if we could
postpone or escape death by not discussing it.
But
don’t you think it might be a good idea to openly discuss death?
While
death remains inevitable it also remains unanticipated like I might die
tomorrow, or even later, we’ll never know. Therefore, talking about death can
also be beneficial, we should know, accidents, strokes these things do not
offer a chance for discussion.
Life
is the period between the birth and death of a living thing, the period from an
occurrence until death. See? We cannot even define life without death, therefore,
at the end of the day, I didn’t really talked about death, rather, I talked
about life.
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The Dean gave me one word, I used it as the title of this post.
