Living to Die or Dying to Live



Living to Die or Dying to Live

Life is beautiful. But, we also have heard that life is not a bed of roses. It shows us scores of ups and downs and makes us face reality. One of the bitter truth and reality of life is that it has to end someday at some point and this end of life is known as death. There are numerous people who are merely living to die while some are dying to live. There are some aspects that kill the life of the person and the saddest part of life is not knowing how to take it. We must seize every moment, every second of your life and enjoy the most. You have to make every moment what you like, it is not live as if it were the last day of your life, but at least do what you want.

For a normal human being it is very obvious to depict that who is alive and who is dead. If something is moving, growing, burgeoning and breathing it means that this thing is alive. On the contrary absence of these activities may declare that creature as dead. In a simple way death can be defined as end of life. Dictionaries, physicians, philosopher and scientific developments provide us with a more technical definition of death which is as follows:

“The complete and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism (britannica.com)”

Death is a phenomenon that is considered as most intriguing element to human beings. There are several reasons that drive the quest of human being to know more about death. The most fascinating factor related to death is the curiosity of human nature to know what will happen after death. There are different schools of thoughts related to this matter that represent different ideologies. Some says that after the end of life our bodies will become dust and bones and we will never be reborn. On the other hand some religions like Islam believe that after this life will end a new life will be given to the people and then their deeds that they do in this world will be evaluated. As people don't know what to expect after death it elevates their curiosity and fascination to know more about this phenomenon (Lloyd, 1979).

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." - Isaac Asimov

Another factor that captures attention of people is fear. The factor of fear and death are so closely related to each other. The concept of end of life makes people scared of it. There can be various reasons as to why fear is linked with death. One of the indispensible reasons is the end of life itself. People remain busy in their life and they cherish every moment of it and a sudden end of this process embeds nerve racking feelings in hearts of people.

"It gets under your skin, life. ... It's a habit that's hard to give up. One puff of breath is never ...