Today I read
a quote which was written on the first page of engineering math’s text book,
which went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last,
someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since
then, I asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to
do what I am about to do today?” And I got struck with my own questions.
Remembering
that we are born to die soon is the most important tool that I can encounter to
help myself to make a great choices in life. Because almost everything – all
external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these
things just fall away and everything seems useless and valueless in the face of death, leaving only what is truly
important. Having a thought that we are going to die is the best way I guess to
avoid the trap of having something to lose.
No one
wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever
escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the
single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old
to make way for the new. Right now, we are young and energetic, but someday not
too long from now, we will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry
to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Our time
is limited, so don’t waste it living on someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped
by dogma –living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the
noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important,
have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know
what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Anyway,
thanks to someone, this was one of the biggest knowledge from reading a
simple quote written on math’s text book and yeah it was kind of reminder for me ABOUT MR.DEATH….
