Sunday, December 29, 2013

Impermanence - Death & Disintegration Makes Me Chill

Given my previous post about death and reincarnation. This is how I feel about it. Truly.

I'm not rushing off to my death, nor do I romanticize it. But I also do not fear it. It is the inevitable eventuality of each of us. I made peace with that very long ago. As a child, I somehow became aware of my mortality. It wasn't a monumental thing. When I realized that one day I would not exist, I got scared all of a sudden. I refused to acknowledge it. I would periodically revisit this reality until I had learned enough to know that I could not control this part of my life. I could only control what I did before death.

It makes me value the time I have here even more. It makes me fearless in my endeavors. It makes me sit back and take in the only sights these eyes will ever see, the only experiences that I will ever know. This is it. There is no reason for me to believe there is something to come after this life. So, if there are things I have always wanted to do, I intend to get them done.