The Uncertainty of Life
By Shiva
@Shiva49 (26233)
Singapore
December 15, 2018 8:40am CST
Increasingly this thought recurs in my mind; what is there to be done now? I have to concentrate on those that I do not leave behind undone and avoid those that prove a burden to others.
It is not easy. I have seen some leave all of a sudden with family members left groping in the dark. There are some who do not want to think about their own parting even when others are dying around them!
I realize we have to live life without getting obsessed with death but it is better we plan and jot down what others need do once we make the final exit from here though I believe we are not done with existence yet even after that event! We may still have to repay our dues!
Our material possessions are better routed to who we want them to end up with. I have seen the consequences of lack of direction otherwise; it becomes a free-for-all.
I am more concerned with leaving a life well-lived and worthy of the blessings showered on me to get more than a glimpse of this enchanting world with variety beyond compare. I am eternally grateful.
Do you think on these lines at times?
Image: Life and Death from Wikimedia Commons
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@sofssu (23662)
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19 Dec 18
I have written an article about this six yers ago.. My thoughts are almost on the same wave length as yours..I was talking to my mom on the phone that afternoon and she was telling me about her plans for the future.. a couple of hours later i get a call from my brother who tells me that my mom had passed on.. the fragility of life shookme up at that moment and changed the way i look at life forever.
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@1creekgirl (40636)
• United States
15 Dec 18
When we're young, we think we'll live forever. Well, actually we will, but not on this earth. We recently bought our headstone for the cemetery and we hzave our wishes typed up for the kids.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
23 Dec 18
I have thought about it a lot myself. A few years ago I took many of my drawings, and writings and threw them away because I felt like I would rather my works not be taken by those who did not know me. In hind sight, I regret that I disposed of many of my works but I have thought enough to try to share some with others online to make sure that when I do leave this world there will be a little bit of me, out there by those who actually appreciate some of my efforts in art and in writing.
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@Shiva49 (26233)
• Singapore
23 Dec 18
I know how you feel.
I have accumulated a lot at my place where I have been staying for over twenty-six years.
I make sure what I dispose of are really those that have to be discarded.
Of course, if I have to move, more will fall into that category!
Some I will like to retrain though they will have no sentimental value to others - siva
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