When we die, our demise is, like it or not, largely insignificant, save for a few who were closest to us (except of course if you were a cultural figurehead).
The world will carry on after your death exactly as it did before without missing a beat; we aren't missed by the greater population and our passing is unlikely to be marked by anything more extensive than a small funeral.
My question is, how can we live life if we know this is how it ends? I have had a very good life and was lucky enough to have a truly great childhood with parents that loved me very much. I haven't contributed to the world much more than the odd work of charity and, of course, being environmentally sensitive.
So is the manner in which I die (or the circumstances surrounding it), actually irrelevant? If after say 70 years of love, dreams and accomplishment I am suddenly gone one day, whether it be as a fat old man in his sleep or in some bold act of heroism, has it really been for anything?
2007-04-22
22:36:44
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