death

[brightbluegirl]

I just read a beautiful eulogy of a man I never knew.

And it made me think:

Sure, when you die, people always say the best of you (well, at least, the ones that didn't hate you).

But if you died, what would people say about you?

What would they say about me, if I died?

I may not be doing enough in my life. I may be wasting entire days.

I thought I was learning how to relax, but what if I'm not? What if I'm learning to waste time, instead?

I need to think more on this.

Comments

[zaftigvegan.livejournal.com]

i think you worry too much, girly.

[freakykitten.livejournal.com]

nope... just being introspective. Checking life goals vs current life doings, is all.

[zaftigvegan.livejournal.com]

it was your concern about whether or not you're relaxing or "wasting time" that made me say that. if you're spending your "relaxation time" worrying that your "wasting time", yk?

it's hard to turn off the brain though.

and i think you do plenty. the way we touch lives and change the world are all inherently different and valuable.

it's all perspective.

[freakykitten.livejournal.com]

I hear you, thanks!

so far, I'm just spending work time thinking about it. :P

[zaftigvegan.livejournal.com]

sure. just pontificating with you. didn't mean to sound preachy or whatever.

[freakykitten.livejournal.com]

no, not at all!

You said it quite well, that the way we touch lives and change the world are all inherently different and valuable. I'm glad you mentioned that, because it's important for me to remember.

[pennycuts.livejournal.com]

I think that same thing when i go to funerals and listen to the eulogies.

[gruggach.livejournal.com]

I think about it all the time. I try not to worry about it, but I do think about it and wonder if I'm treating people the way they deserve to be treated.