Thank You Death !!

You see, Death always has been looked upon for centuries (well actually since the known recorded time) by us human beings as something dark, evil and unholy, something that snatches away all that we come to love, in fact we have long held on to the belief that all it does give - is pain that keeps piercing the heart from within, shredding it apart and rivers of sorrow that flow deep and never seem to dry up. Apparently Death has a nasty and terrible habit of  consuming only the good and virtuous souls, it tends to forsake those who actually deserve to perish.

“Death”- the word itself implants a set of strange feelings within us, feelings that associates itself with fear, uncertainty, loss, grief, emptiness and all that makes us sad even if in the most miniature way conceivable. Of course ghosts, demons and supernatural entities do not linger far behind and our imagination seems to have been shown a path that harbours such ideas which soon follow. 

There have been so many mysteries and intriguing things attached with the concept of death itself- things like ceremonies, rituals, the theory of afterlife, the underworld, hell, heaven and so on.... trying to wrap my mind around things of this sort and it feels as if my thought process seriously needs to take a breather...

What's the flimflam about it anyway... damn all.. I will make the story simpler. It’s a simple rule of mother nature. is it not? What has a beginning needs to have an end ... things just cant keep going on the same way forever. 

"150 years.... and then it was my time" 

The old need to vacate and the new need to come up... well that’s life for me in the most simple and recognizable pattern.  You see- what I feel about death is that it’s just doing its simple and quintessential task of helping things regenerate. Although not devoid of the fact that it brings along with itself awry feelings and Jupiter sized tanks filled with emotional heart wrenching stuff. But don't you think life is all about moving on and evolving and becoming better and stronger at things.. Memories of those long gone will linger around and with time gradually fade away but can life fade away too... ? no, it can’t, I guess. Life will originate from where it ended. The circle will keep going....

Death for me is like the harbinger of Life... They are both friends and just like the two sides of a coin, with one absent it will remain incomplete...bereft of the actual beauty.  I shall not put my back towards considering the fact that it causes a hell lot of a pain to lose somebody too dear, someone close and considered a part of our lives but don’t you think that their departure is very much relevant to remind us that nothing in this universe is permanent and that we all are just dust and ashes at the last. Starting right from the greatest of the great mountains which shall gradually crumble into dust to the deepest of the oceans which shall be parted and lost, everything has an end... Memories too of our dear ones will perish with us and all that does remain is..... well, Ok...may be i am thinking too much once again.. But i hope you do get my point.

We spend our whole lives scared of death trying to avoid it like a plague unmindful of the fact that it is totally inevitable, unstoppable even if you could somehow turn into a cyborg, death would still get you. No matter what form it may come to you whether natural or artificial - That ticking muscular device inside your chest might just go “trrrriiiinnnnggggg,” at any moment, or you might get hit on the head by a falling meteor on a nice Monday morning, or the brake wire in the car speeding towards you might just snap at the last moment though it was replaced just a day earlier, or you accidentally step on the land mine planted by aliens in your park where you go everyday for evening walks!! Come on now I could seriously give you thousands of ways to die if I tuned into the more sinister part of my brain but  the question is - why running away scared like a coward... my fellow good people I request you all to face it and look at it into its eye and think for a moment that why can’t death be like a friend to us just like life is... when it is our time-  IT IS OUR TIME.  Let us wrap our hands around it and accept it as a part of our lives ... living every day to its fullest... having fun with all whom we know and may know in the coming days... spend each moment spreading happiness everywhere we go, being kind and passionate to all and being good at life and when death comes to call we could leave simply with a smile on our face knowing that we did good in our life time and we did superbly well.

 Knowing that each moment living was worth it. Knowing till the very last moment that we were prepared and we were ready to greet death just like we greeted life. Knowing that it’s not really all that bad. Knowing that we are only shifting our embrace from one friend called life to another friend called death. Let our deeds turn into examples for all the new who are yet to come and let them also know to lead a life fearless and full....

So Death, my friend I am ready... I am living now but when I shall hear your call, remember that my arms were always open for you... thank you death for helping me live a better life...