Monday, October 27, 2003

Memento mori

Death... is a topic that people seldom like touch about. Death is always unaccepted as people always avoid talking or even think about it. That is the reason we always heard Chinese said :"Choi…!"
Death seems like a very 'far' topic that is always put at the boundary zone of our life, but ironically it is very close to us. I meant, people hold the desire to live longer and the inability to accept death, but death always comes to people at any time, any place and any situation, it is so close to human.
For the latest submitted assignment about Brion Cemetery, my friends and I had been rushing for it and done research on it for days. I learn quite a lot about the notion of death, the understanding of death and the supposed way to see death. Actually, it is hard to illustrate about death. Rather talking about those assignment’s work, it should be noticed that death should be respected and accepted positively. That is why in many beliefs, the dead is housed satisfactorily.
Yup, it is really hard and sad to accept death if someone who is very close to us pass away. I knew it because my grandfather also passed away months ago. Many will feel regret that they did not spend much time with that someone. Anywhere, those 'living' are still in life, and there is still a long journey and future to go on. So, in spite of being sad and down, there is no use of feeling regret. On the contrary, with the lesson and awareness, people should carry on their life to become more meaningful and great. Death should not be a burden to life.
Jet, you will know it.
As a conclusion, I dare to say, death can be celebrated; for the dead, it is the end of this world but there is a new journey for them in negative world, for the living, despite being sad and unconscious, life can be enriched and changed positively with the lesson perceived.

(memento mori= a reminder of mortality.)

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