THE AFTER-LIFE (Death)
A more reason to live...
It's 2:35 in the morning, and I just woke up because I slept early. The power is out; I'm struggling to go back to sleep, but it's not working; the room is quiet and dark, and my mind is wandering.
You must be wondering, Why Death?
What's going on with this girl like this?
This letter is not to trigger you, nor is it to get you scared or worried about me. It's just one of those days when I'm finding it hard to sleep and scary things just fill my mind. Regardless, I'm doing perfectly fine.
Lately, I just can't help but wonder: "What will become of me when I'm no more?"
Someone asked me, “What's your greatest fear at the moment?”
Before now, I would have said, Not fulfilling purpose, but I mean, as a grown-up and a believer at that, you should have known what your reason for being is, and you must have started fulfilling them.
Right now, I'd say losing any member of my family or close friend is scary. It crosses my mind, and I try to imagine what it will be like, how will I survive, and all that. Or how will they cope when I'm gone? The thought of it scares the shit out of me, and most times I cry.
I am going to die. Not today—at least, I hope. Not tomorrow either (I hope). I don't know how I will die, just that I will. One day, whether you know it or not, it will come knocking.
The body will stop moving, the heart will stop beating, and the brain will stop working and thinking. There will be no newsletter from me again, no cute pictures and videos again. You won't be able to do those things you wish for, and so on. You'll be gone, and how you spent your life on earth will determine where you will go after you are dead.
You know death (the afterlife) is more of a part of life than living; it's another journey and life on its own.
You see, this is a challenge to face. Thinking about it is scary, but this thing is inevitable. It will come one day; there's no fixing to death when it comes knocking; there's no way around it. The only solution is to accept it.
Accepting it as odd as it may seem helps us to better appreciate the days we are given.
Accepting that we will die one day offers a pathway towards peace. It gives us a chance to stop fighting the inevitable and enjoy the present.
Knowing I will die makes me want to live. Remembering that death is inevitable reminds me to prioritize the important things in life. I've made it a duty to tell people that I love them. I let long-standing grudges go, hug people more, send cute messages to those I love, check up on people who cross my mind, and satisfy my cravings, which is very important because, I mean, life is short. Smile more and more often, and make sure I'm doing what my “Maker” has asked me to. There are reminders of death everywhere; it's crazy! There is a lot of news about death, but the temptation to push it away remains strong.
Yeah! He said that with long life, He satisfies us. (For some weird reason, my crazy brain is forced to ask about those who have left us; were they not part of the promises?? Okay, forget I asked #JustWeirdthinking).
It's scary to think about, but honestly, lately, this is my greatest fear.
You see, when people die, a lot of nice words are spoken of them, and the crazy thing is that they can't read or see them. And this makes me wonder, "What will people say about me when I die?"
It won't be bad or weird to ask you to write back to me and tell me all those wonderful and bad things you will say about me. I want to read and hear all those things while I'm still here because I won't be here for long (don't be scared; I'm still here, at least for now).
So, dear person of my Laive 💓
What will you say about me when I'm gone?
You can email me at fidelisfavour99@gmail.com.
I look forward to reading from you.
Until then, the world is going crazy, and it's actually a perfect time to get closer to God if you haven't. Time to live more and love more; time to free yourself by forgiving that person; time to hug more and smile more; time to do those things you're scared of doing or you've been wanting to do.
Life is short, and death is inevitable.
Until next time, hopefully.
Love and light
Fayvourebirth.
Someone said that the greatest lie we tell are at people's funerals and honestly I agree. When we are gone people who had no good intentions and people who even probably wished you death will come to your funeral and say all sort of good things both the ones that happened and the ones that didn't.
And honestly, there was a point in my life I would sleep thinking about what life would look like if I lose my parents or siblings or friends and I would still wake up thinking of the same thing. It was so bad that when my dad would get sick I would be sick too with worry, I would begin to have so many emotions and thought.
But now, I won't say I'm no longer scared I would rather say that I've come to the acceptance phase that whether we want it or not Death will always come knocking and it really doesn't matter on whose door actually. What matters at this point of our existence is how we live our lives and how much we impact those around us.
Like my dad will always say "Wherever you go be sure to hang a door". Meaning that you should leave something behind that whenever people see it or think of you they are glad of your existence.
So now the question is Why fear death when we can start now to change and impact lives now and regardless of when the lord calls us we would leave this world with satisfaction in our hearts because regardless of how small we think our impact is/was you'll be amazed to know that someone out there is living for it.
And just like you said, Death is another part of living, so I guess when we are gone we'll be watching from above how much the doors we hanged changed lives.
_You know death (the afterlife) is more of a part of life than living; it's another journey and life on its own_
1 Cor. 15:19 NLT And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.
Seems you're not the only one who has had similar kind of thoughts come up to you. Well, I have too but my comfort is ALWAYS the scriptures. Yeah, _with long days does Ge satisfy us..._ there are loads of questions we'll love to ask Him cos alot of things here aren't making sense to me, us but on that day, we'll ask Him.
This is quite a lengthy read with alot of questions to be asked. Nonetheless, like you said, live your life here and be happy. The one who had all there is to have here in this world said that all is vanity under the sun cos a little while, we're here and a little while, we're gone but he said for us to enjoy our lives here while we still can, ovey your maker abd jeep His commandments for that's the whole duty of man. So while we're still at it, live your life.