Posts tagged death
Have You Been You?
- A teacher named Sosya, ripe with years and honors, lay dying. His students and disciples asked if he was afraid to die.
- Sosya: Yes, I'm afraid to meet my Maker.
- Student 1: How can that be? You have lived such an exemplary life. You have led us out of the wilderness of ignorance, like Moses.
- Student 2: You have judged between us wisely, like Solomon.
- Sosya: When I meet my Maker, He will not ask, "Have you been Moses or Solomon?" He will ask, "Have you been Sosya?!"
Do not fear death…only the unlived life. You don’t have to live forever; You just have to live.
Natalie Babbit
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live, taking the form of readiness to die.
GK Chesterton
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.
John Cardinal Newman
An unused life is an early death.
Some of us want our Easter Sunday without having to suffer through our Good Friday.
What an exciting and intriguing way to approach how we live our lives!
(photo via sheaesthetic)
