Can I live ti My Last Day?
Well.
It's been a while and i am about to get back into this blogging thing again.
I will still be introspective.... but as sands fall through an hourglass, time waits for no man; i will live to the fullest.
I read an obituary the other day.
I am not into the habit of doing such things but this one was different.
I was attracted to a beautiful picture of a black woman that appeared to be in her prime.
I wondered what her name was and immediately saw that it was preceded by the DOCTOR nomeclature. It appeared as if this young vibrant beautiful woman had to be an old woman in the end... She was 37 years Old.
Her obituary listed her accomplishments and her accolades, all of which were impressive to me. Nonetheless, I could not help to wonder if this woman had ever stopped to smell the flowers.
Was her life spent pursuing a goal so strongly that she denied an immediate family for herself? What did she do for fun if she spent so much time qualifying for degrees and awards? Did she live her life to the fullest.
She died of brain cancer. I bet she would have made an awesome mother and spouse had she decided but, is that the true reason that we are here?
Well, I didn't know her, yet she has had a profound effect on me througgh her death. Perhaps it really is true; You ARE nobody 'til somebody kills you...
But what am I doing? Am I living a life that if I know I have a terminal disease that I would not look back in regret? I hope so. I try hard to live a good life and be a good person. I just want any regrets on my deathbed.
It's been a while and i am about to get back into this blogging thing again.
I will still be introspective.... but as sands fall through an hourglass, time waits for no man; i will live to the fullest.
I read an obituary the other day.
I am not into the habit of doing such things but this one was different.
I was attracted to a beautiful picture of a black woman that appeared to be in her prime.
I wondered what her name was and immediately saw that it was preceded by the DOCTOR nomeclature. It appeared as if this young vibrant beautiful woman had to be an old woman in the end... She was 37 years Old.
Her obituary listed her accomplishments and her accolades, all of which were impressive to me. Nonetheless, I could not help to wonder if this woman had ever stopped to smell the flowers.
Was her life spent pursuing a goal so strongly that she denied an immediate family for herself? What did she do for fun if she spent so much time qualifying for degrees and awards? Did she live her life to the fullest.
She died of brain cancer. I bet she would have made an awesome mother and spouse had she decided but, is that the true reason that we are here?
Well, I didn't know her, yet she has had a profound effect on me througgh her death. Perhaps it really is true; You ARE nobody 'til somebody kills you...
But what am I doing? Am I living a life that if I know I have a terminal disease that I would not look back in regret? I hope so. I try hard to live a good life and be a good person. I just want any regrets on my deathbed.
posted by blackcaesar at 19:36
2 Comments:
...if I am not a good person can I still be living a good life? I mean, couldn't I be living a good life and still not be a good person, could I not be happy?
Minor ...and rhetorical question.
I always say...make this life what you need it to be for you. Can't live it for anyone else.
I hope she loved life...loved it!
everyone has regrets of one sort or another...
When I leave this planet i hope a few of those i knew will say she lived a good life and never regretted a moment...but.....there is always that but!
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