A placid composure may sometimes conceal a troubled mind in every sense,are you one of them?
Life.It's just a word on its own,but by definition,it's...A blessing.To live and walk on this Earth itself is a blessing.Sure there are people who'd choose dying over living a miserable life,but ending your life does not make it better.It merely eliminates the chances of it getting better.
Oftentimes we do not see the true value of life.We tend to live our lives working our asses off just to earn money to keep the life going.Where does the appreciation for this gift of life disappear to?As kids,of course we don't really see any value in those actions that the adults take in sustaining a life and a household.Sure,it's a way to keep living,but don't they see?It's not living.It's simply not dying.There's a huge difference between these two.We tend to overlook the minor things that may one day haunt us for not even batting an eyelid at them.What of it then?
Treasuring life is not something every single one of us does.Most of us only begin to treasure the finer bits of life when we're dying.When all we're left with are minutes ticking away towards our impending deaths.Why is this so?Why does death - the polar opposite of life - need to be the only thing that makes us begin to value life?It doesn't even have to be our own lives.It could be the lives of a loved one,an important figure or even a pitiful beggar we see on the sidewalk.Why do we only love life when this 'life' itself is hanging by a thread?
As I've said before.The obsession with material wealth and an attachment to this world,that's what blinds us from the one true treasure that every living being has.Life.We chase our dreams of fulfilling our desires to be filthy rich and being able to pay for anything,leaving behind the love for life altogether.It's disgusting,truth be told.To be chasing after something you can't guarantee will keep you living.Heck,disgusting can't even begin to cover it.
In the end,it all slips through our fingers.That one time you said "I'll change soon.Just not now.Maybe tomorrow.Or the day after."?Poof.Gone.The chances that time had given you are all gone.All because you didn't appreciate the life that was gifted to you by your elders.Time may be your best pal,but when it's dwindling in the single digits,it's your worst enemy.
Losing a loved one has taught me to value the time I still have with those that still have their lives.Right now,it's all I want.All I ask is that God,if he hears me at all,grant my loved ones a long life.Why take away the life of someone who has always been valuing life?Why take away the life of someone who has never neglected its value?
Life is akin to glass.It can break in many ways.And depending on many factors,it may or may not break.Thus,the fragility of life is something we must come to terms with.Else,if time is not on your side,where will your regrets go?
No one can help you when that time comes.
No one.
-D.A~
