IN SICKNESS AND IN DEATH DO WE UNITE
Sickness and death are natural progressions of life. The wealthy, the pauper; the great or the most common among us, no exemption, are subject to these. No matter how powerful, strong or popular we are death will beckon to us one day. No matter how much loved we are nothing will suffice for the inevitable.
It is in these do we find our common humanity. Our shared mortality binds us to one another. It is no wonder that we are in sympathy with the sick, even if they are rivals. Neither, we talk-ill of a dead foe. It is strange that anyone could do so otherwise. Beyond civility or ethics, mercy reigns in the heart of those who regard life as sacred. Respect for the dead, as well as the living, extends to allies and foes alike.
To be one in respect to a life, who touched us good or bad, gives us the opportunity to probe into our own. It is a time to reflect on who we are and how we are living our lives. Likewise, we should be in unity with those we admire most. We should uphold the noble legacy of those whom we extol and hail as heroes. Adulation alone is not enough. If it is, they die in vain and nothing remarkable will happen. External tributes and ritualistic giving of honors are good for they deserve them. Yet, the true essence of their heroism should live in us. Remembering them is not enough. But our action that emulates them brings tremendous change.
Eventually, the power of death engulfs the divisiveness of life. In death, we become one. We share the grief and sorrow of the bereaved fully aware that soon we shall be in the same experience. Or perhaps, have gone through the same. Insincere thoughts are not necessary. Common courtesy will not suffice if it just for the external. Our solidarity in respect, as simple and quite; full of reverence and true, even in private, cannot be discounted.
Indeed, we may be fragmented in life by pride, misunderstanding, fighting for opposing principles and disparity in loyalties. Yet, in death we are made whole by going beyond our selves, putting aside selfishness and together mark a passing that shall usher in a better future ahead for all those left behind.
Sickness and death are natural progressions of life. The wealthy, the pauper; the great or the most common among us, no exemption, are subject to these. No matter how powerful, strong or popular we are death will beckon to us one day. No matter how much loved we are nothing will suffice for the inevitable.
It is in these do we find our common humanity. Our shared mortality binds us to one another. It is no wonder that we are in sympathy with the sick, even if they are rivals. Neither, we talk-ill of a dead foe. It is strange that anyone could do so otherwise. Beyond civility or ethics, mercy reigns in the heart of those who regard life as sacred. Respect for the dead, as well as the living, extends to allies and foes alike.
To be one in respect to a life, who touched us good or bad, gives us the opportunity to probe into our own. It is a time to reflect on who we are and how we are living our lives. Likewise, we should be in unity with those we admire most. We should uphold the noble legacy of those whom we extol and hail as heroes. Adulation alone is not enough. If it is, they die in vain and nothing remarkable will happen. External tributes and ritualistic giving of honors are good for they deserve them. Yet, the true essence of their heroism should live in us. Remembering them is not enough. But our action that emulates them brings tremendous change.
Eventually, the power of death engulfs the divisiveness of life. In death, we become one. We share the grief and sorrow of the bereaved fully aware that soon we shall be in the same experience. Or perhaps, have gone through the same. Insincere thoughts are not necessary. Common courtesy will not suffice if it just for the external. Our solidarity in respect, as simple and quite; full of reverence and true, even in private, cannot be discounted.
Indeed, we may be fragmented in life by pride, misunderstanding, fighting for opposing principles and disparity in loyalties. Yet, in death we are made whole by going beyond our selves, putting aside selfishness and together mark a passing that shall usher in a better future ahead for all those left behind.
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