Now as 2012 arrives, there are news channels and people constantly speaking of doomsday and end of this world. Though I don’t believe in such stories but it wouldn’t matter even if it did come true. Just like we can’t decide when and where we are born, we can’t determine how we die. Then why fear it? Death is as predictable as life, isn’t it?
Recently read ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ and realized why it’s necessary to live the time we have to the fullest rather than fearing death. Being ambitious I always made plans about what I would do regarding my education, job etc. What I forgot to plan for was ‘living life’. Now as I am about to graduate in few months, when I look back, the moments that I really remember are the ones I spent with my friends doing projects, College festival ‘Euphoria’, going to restaurants to celebrate completion of exams and not how I would slog to complete my journals and study day and night for exams. Different people find happiness in different things. As dance is what I love to do, those 3 days of college festival would make me immensely happy. For others it may be eating or playing some musical instrument. Then why is it that we don’t include the things that make us happy in our daily routine? Why do we need to find a reason to be happy? Our fear of dying has made us forget to live! In ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ there’s a scene where the actor talks about how he is going to work hard now, earn a luxurious life and then live life peacefully after retiring at 40, to which the actress asks him how does he know he will live till 40? A simple question, to which none of us really have an answer to. When we don’t know when we die, then why not live each day as the last day (minus the fear)?
