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To Know when We Will Die - (6042)

One of the most important things to know in life is when we are going to die.

Why?

Because until then we think we have time.

We resist wanting to know when we are going to die, because we like to think that we have time yet, because we know that as soon as we know - then we won't have time.

Our life loses that dream-like romantic feeling. 

To not have time is stressful and scary, and implies great responsibility. 

Being asleep we know that we evade responsibility and we can't be blamed, becasue we simply don't 'know.

To know when means to accept what is realistic about where we can reach, instead of romantic wishful thinking.

Accepting the when changes everything. The coals of the fire in our belly can receive extra heat to burn brighter for the long final battle of this life.

When we know when, we have the responsibility on our shoulders of having to do something serious or not. To decide to do something serious or not, is a weighty decision, one not to be taken lightly and one if taken in jest, will can cause great lament.

To think we have time is an illusion. Our end date is already written and the only time we have is 'now'.

When we know when, we can die consciously. We can prepare and we have the greatest opportunity of life which is to be as ready as we can be for that final stage.

If all of our life is driven to take us to the exact moment and cause of our destined death it makes sense that it is one of the most important things to know about our life.

Full knowledge of a process is to know when it begins and when it ends. If we know when and how a process ends we can know the stages and the nature of these stages, the process will pass through. So we can know how our life will be in advance.

If we know when, we can always work change that when. We can not change what we do not know.

What do people do if they know they are going to die? They make a plan, which invariably leads them  to go back to the very essentials of their life. Which is essentially 'to be'. To be with their loved ones, to enjoy, to be happy, to rejoice in life and to make others happy. Most naturally evaluate their life knowingly or unknowingly trying to fuse all that was of value in life into one's eternal soul and prepare for the angel of death's scythe...


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