Bring on Death!

You will realise, from the way he writes in his Blog, that this Man-boy has an insightful head on his shoulders. Russell is back on Unkster today, trying his best not to sound sad but he still talks about...erm...death =)) But take it from me, beneath that melancholic veneer, he has Carpe Diem-ed more than most...

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An entry for my dear friend, who claims my style of writing is a little too drama-mama. =)) I'll try to lighten up this time.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
- Isaac Asimov

It is troublesome, isn't it? You get spanked the moment you're out of your mummy, and from then on, you just know it's going to be a bad life. Hell you didn't even have your diapers on to cushion the blows.

Well, life does get rough. You learn to walk and scrape your knee. You learn to feed yourself and you get scolded for not eating your vegetables. You start going to school and you get caned for looking up girls skirts. What else could go wrong?

Along the way to a peaceful death, you most probably will encounter more struggles than you like, testing your resilience time and time again. You'll feel like throwing in the towel and take the easy way out. You'll feel so tired at the endless decisions you'll have to make, like signing up for a university course. You just want to retreat into your comfort zone and wait for death to arrive.

Just remember, you're not a failure because you didn't succeed. You're a failure because you stopped trying. At the end, when you're on your deathbed, you're not going to say that you wished you had spent another day in your little hole. Carpe diem! Then, death will be peaceful.

I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived
- Willa Cather