There is one disturbing issue under the Sun which remains a mystery to Mankind and Man has not been able to comprehend it, let alone overcome it. The Creator has not only created the complex and highly-developed specie called Man, He has also created some set of protocols which guide and restrict Man’s abilities. These protocols are best referred to as Natural laws – or so we call them.
One of these laws which seem to bother man due to its inevitability is that which I will call The Last Exit. Every place with an entrance must have an exit too. If this fact is argued true, then it could be agreed that our coming into this world via an entrance (The woman) points to the fact that we would someday exit the world, via dust I suppose.
What bothers me the most is not the last exit – Death, at least I know by-God’s-grace where I am going thereafter, but it is its imperfect timing that brings the troubled state of mind. I keep wondering why some very good people use the last exit very early in life. Just recently, I lost a family friend, a woman who can best be described as good, caring and religious. She used the exit just a few weeks after a brief illness. In my grief, lost in thought and deep in sorrow after the news reached me, a lot of things came to my mind and I ended up composing a great poem I dedicated to her (see link to poem below).
I do not wish any enemy of mine die early in life, let alone my friend, but the truth is, at any point in time death will surely come. The most important thing is that we should be prepared for it by making the most of every second the creator has put into our hands. Has it not ever dawned on you how great geniuses never live long but make every possible impact on earth? Jesus Christ lived for just 33yrs and His legacies live on till date: King Alexander the Great lived 33yrs too and the stories of his quests remain with us over the centuries.
“What is the bone of contention?” you may ask. Well, here is my point. We never can tell how long or short our lives could be, but one thing we are sure of is that we have seen this day. If so, we must do everything humanly possible to bring out the best in it; striving to do our duties and leaving our footprints in the sand of our time for many generations to come to behold with great awe. We must be ready to lend a helping hand to our fellow neighbor at any time and decide to stand on our grounds to do good always without compromising our faith.
Everyone is born to be great in life but the world can do just fine if you decide to do nothing because there is always a substitute for any man elsewhere. Like I once read in a book, “the cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn’t get along without them”. It’s left to you to decide if you want to make an impact or not because just before the last exit, when your life flashes before you, you’ll judge yourself before you finally stand in the line to be judged.
Link to poem: www.inspirationsfromwithin.blogspot.com
