Death is How You Treat It

The consciousness of the inevitability of death. Many people would think that it would not allow us to reach our full potential. That we wouldn’t be able to do enough. In another group we hear people talking about if we are going to die we might as well do all we can before we go out. Then there are those who don’t give much thought about it.

Many people think that the event of death cuts our potential. They believe that we can’t do everything in this one lifetime. People like these usually give up in life and decide to slack all their lives. Depressed they tend to drag people down with them. It also allows people to get the idea of how little time they have left in their life. I personally think that people that get depressed about how little time in their life and should be pitied. For they don’t realize that life can be very enjoyable. They keep thinking of the end when they could be making the most out of their life. Also having fun while at it. Some of these people try to quest for eternal life or find some way to make themselves live forever. Similar to the story of Gilgamesh who after his beloved friend dies realizes that he won’t live forever and looks for a way to find eternal life.

Another group of people think that since life is short that they should make the most out of it. That since they have a short time they might as well have fun or try to become the most successful that they possibly can. Some of these people have done so much or become successful that they are remembered throughout time. This is one thing these people do to “cheat” death. They try to make history so they will be remembered and people will know their name. There for even though they did die their legacy continues on. These are the people who I respect. They try to make the most out of their lives. For whatever reason good or bad they try to have a full life. Many also believe that a full life consists of fun and going out in a bang. People like this tend to do a lot of extreme sports like base jumping. They take the idea of death as a joke and the closer they get to it the more fun it is. Sadly these people tend to have short lives but have fun. Many get injuries that make life horrible and they will feel the rest of their lives. Sadly when they got these injuries they were not thinking of the rest of their life. I still respect them because they are trying having a life that is full of fun. Better than sitting around their whole lives.