Death is not a joke, why do we laugh it off so often?
When did we become so selfish as to say "Well if I die I get to be with Jesus"?
How do we have the audacity to be so arrogant?
What about the people around us about the people we will leave and the plans that will be left unaccomplished?
And what about 10-20 years down the road? What about your future spouse or children? To be taken away from them because we decided to live in the moment and be irresponsible; to not treat the body that God gave us with the respect it deserves.
I am not scared of dying, but I am scared of watching some die.
It is heartbreaking and terrifying all in the same breath
To see but a shell of the man called Dad
To watch as his stomach bloats from malnutrition; to always fear the day when he isn't around anymore
Never knowing when he is going to be sick again when there is going to be no turning back, what parts of my life he is never going to see.
We can all laugh off illness and hardship when it is far away but what happens when you are confronted with it?
What happens when you find out your favorite aunt has cancer?
When once again it seems like you are about to lose someone else in your life.
I am not afraid of death, but I am afraid of dying.
When did we become so selfish as to say "Well if I die I get to be with Jesus"?
How do we have the audacity to be so arrogant?
What about the people around us about the people we will leave and the plans that will be left unaccomplished?
And what about 10-20 years down the road? What about your future spouse or children? To be taken away from them because we decided to live in the moment and be irresponsible; to not treat the body that God gave us with the respect it deserves.
I am not scared of dying, but I am scared of watching some die.
It is heartbreaking and terrifying all in the same breath
To see but a shell of the man called Dad
To watch as his stomach bloats from malnutrition; to always fear the day when he isn't around anymore
Never knowing when he is going to be sick again when there is going to be no turning back, what parts of my life he is never going to see.
We can all laugh off illness and hardship when it is far away but what happens when you are confronted with it?
What happens when you find out your favorite aunt has cancer?
When once again it seems like you are about to lose someone else in your life.
I am not afraid of death, but I am afraid of dying.
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