"He who doesn't fear death dies only once."
Giovanni Falcone
Those who
fear death only limit their lives and they die two times, once when they stop
living the life granted to them in fear of death and a second time when they
breath their last breath.
People who
hide from the world as a way to live longer because they are afraid of the
inevitable are cowards. They refuse to enjoy life because they want to live but
they aren't living at all. They are wasting their lives and although it
shouldn't it saddens me to see people walk around afraid of that which they
cannot avoid. Just think of all the beautiful things in life they will miss.
The warmth of friendships they will never obtain or the satisfaction of actions
they will never care to make. Instead they will rather shell up and block out
any outside danger when it themselves who are the true danger.
I see why
some people would take up that kind of philosophy, I just can't believe that
they would do that to themselves. To deprive themselves of a life worth living
is worse than losing a life not lived. I remember reading somewhere that all
men are born but not all of them necessarily live and nothing could be more
true.
Being born assures death, so why fear it?
I totally agree with this Jesus, to me one of the whole points of living is to just live, have fun and do many things that you can look back on and say "yeah, I did that". People who lay in the shadows or lock themselves in a house for their whole lives are absolutely stupid in every sense of the word, there is a whole world to explore and one should not waste it by sitting around all day doing nothing. Contrary to popular belief, I belief that life should be full of challenges for people to overcome and be better for it, love the final sentence by the way man, good post. :D
ReplyDeleteAmazing quote, absolutely true. We are given life to enjoy it and to cherish every moment we are alive. I believe it is truly pathetic to live in fear of death and let it get in the way of your enjoyment of life. We must live without fear of death because it is inevitable and it will come. But until that day comes, we must live everyday like it's our last because we only live once. Great explanation.
ReplyDeleteI was sort of confused when you stated," once when they stop living the life granted to them in fear of death and a second time when they breath their last breath". Did you mean the first time they die is when they begin living life in fear and the second time they die is when they breathe their last breath? If so, than I totally agree with you man. I'm pretty sure that's what you meant. A lot of times I just have trouble comprehending ideas so I apologise. (Haha) So yeah. The life we are given is meant to be enjoyed at all moments in time rather than living in fear every moment of that one moment in which everything good we've come to know ends. I hope that makes sense.
ReplyDeleteYep, you got what I meant sorry about the confusion.
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