Now I quote "Fear of death makes you into a unstoppable force". I mean that thinking of death clears the way out for new. If you think that what I quote is crap or bullshit, I would say you are missing the spotlight of life.
We never realized that so much time passed away in a blink. But we are the same as yesterday and wasting today. Every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every month, and every year is slipping out without knowing. We are on autopilot mode and covered by dark clouds around mind. We are living a life to please others. But ask yourself that "Am I living a life which is true to my heart?" Probably answer is No.
Most of the people are regretting every moment of life. Because almost every regret that you have is result of many small decisions overtime. If the problems you're facing now are result of thousands of small decisions made over the course of years. And these regrets cause stressful life.
But we can find a way out remember "Fear of death."
How?
Steve Jobs Commencement Address at Stanford University. Steve Jobs gives brief about death.
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My third story is about death.
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most is the most important I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to loose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning and it clearly showed a tumor on pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable and that I should expect to live no longer than 3 to 6 months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestine, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.
This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainly than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's drown out your own inner voice. And most important have the courage to follow your heart and intution. They someday already know what you turly want to be become. Everything else is secondary.
He was crazy enough to see his life in another dimension and crazy enough to change the world.
After listening to his speech, all my 20years of life came in front of me. I remained silent for a couple of minutes and tears were dropping and thinking that I wasted my life by doing nothing. At that very moment I know I need to change. It cleared out all my expectations, fear of failure, fear of embarrassment or rejection.
I'm closing this article by,
How can you move faster than possible.... fight longer than possible.... without the most powerful impulse of the spirit?
The fear of death.
- The Dark Knight Rises(movie)
The fear of death.
- The Dark Knight Rises(movie)
