Life

The thing about life is that one day you'll be dead

That's the title of a book by David Shields. Interesting isn't it. Everyone knows that for a fact. And yet this guy has managed to put it up front to all of us. The cover of a book. (No, i haven't read the book though i intend to rather soon.)

So what do we get out of life? Life is an interesting. We get nothing out of life. We came with nothing. And we're forced to bring nothing with us. We don't know what comes after death. Something that we all wish to know. So what is life all about? A joke? Life has it's up and downs. It's not all bliss. There are many painful times. So why are living through all this? But amazingly... we treasure life so much. We want to live as long as possible. Can you convince yourself that you don't want to live? I think it's going to be hard.

Does thinking of dying makes you more or less treasure your life? Since we're going to die anyway... what's wrong with doing bad things, making others angry, making hell? You're going to die anyway. Whatever happens... you're going to lose it? But because we're going to die... it makes everything more interesting? Something you wish to hold on forever? It's all human nature i think. We have in us hope, love, moral to a certain extent, curiosity, greed... We just want more and more. That's why we live life.

What do we get out of life? The living will never know. Will the dead know? (Let's leave that for another time)