Are you ready to Die?

I am writing this post because of the things that happened around me a while ago and I feel obliged to share my feelings regarding that.

In past few days, I have seen peoples' death around me. It made me think you don't know when you would be gone. You don't know what would be the situations then, would you be prepared for it or not. But it surely made me think. Think about the time when I would be gone, gone forever.

Those people just died. 24 hours ago they were one of us. And the next day we were there crying over the corpse. Yeah! Corpse! That is what left of them now. That neighbour lady with a son wasn't prepared to leave so soon neither was her family. They didn't even get to say good bye to her. Yes!! Good Byes are necessary. Think about it. Did she tell her son all about what she wanted to tell him in his different phases of life? Did she showered those wise words that he may require in his later stages. No!

Main question here is: Are you ready to die in the next 1 hour? Are you ready to leave without being able to say a word to your loved ones? Have you done all you needed to do? Are you done with all your responsibilities? I am sure a lot of you would say Yes without even thinking about it in depth. But wait. Think about it once more. Have you told your loved ones, your family or friends that you love them lately? Have you shown people their importance in your life in this week or month? We people are so busy in our lives, trying to adjust and earn and to get the basic necessities for living (food, cloth and shelter) that we forgot the whole reason of living! Are you living just because you are born! Don't you want to actually live! In this speedy life we forgot to keep people close to us that were meant to be with you in parallel. We have forgotten what it was so smile and laugh with our families. We have forgotten to be happy.

I say why worry about the day of our death. Let’s just prepare for it today and then with every other day think it as a bonus day to live again. Be ready to die today so that you don't have any fear of death and every morning you will wake up with a smile for God has given you another day to smile, to live, to be near your family, to do what you love again, to do what you couldn't finish and most importantly to be happy for the life you have got. Because trust me you are lucky for you have got another day to be happy or even if it a sad day, you are still alive with the hope for a better day tomorrow. Guys, not everyone is that lucky. People die every second of every day. You are still alive and you have to make it a great moment. I am not saying stop being sad or act crazy or spend all your savings, or stop thinking about your future. All I am suggesting here is Do what you need to do. If you think there is something you will regret not doing later, do it now. In that 'Later' time you may not have chance or that preferable condition or who knows if you would be there to do it or not!

While thinking about all of this stuff I thought of writing some letters to everyone who is important to me. I thought it would be good that those people know how I felt about it, how I felt about them and how much they mattered. Letters: unspoken words, unshared feelings, untold facts; but then it came to me that if I really want to say all that to them why don't just tell them today. Why wait for your death bed for it. Why wait at all!

And finally I decided to finish up those letters but also to show them their importance daily, for actions speak louder than words. I have started showing people in my life that they matter. I have started living before I die. It is very easy to say Live like it’s your last day but guys it’s easier to implement it because what could be better than living. Nothing is better than this beautiful life. If you have loved ones to share it with, you are the rare lucky ones. But if you don't have, don't worry my friend. It’s your life and you are meant to live it and enjoy it anyways. You are here for some reason, for nature has its own way to maintain balance to everything. You may not know it yet but I can assure you, your life has a meaning, someone is out there who is waiting to be connected to you somehow. The best is yet to come.

Once you say those lovely words to your family and friends, once you have completed your responsibilities, once you have fulfilled your reason of survival, once you have done all you wanted to do, once you have actually lived your life, once you are done, only then you are ready to die.

I have done what I needed to do, I am ready. Are you?