Due to the a mix of disappointments, confusion, pressure nad other possible elements I may not know of, I've been reiterating this theory in the last couple of days...
"At the end, we all are going to die and be eaten by the worms, so why take life too seriously?"
This might be in contradiction with my long and deeply held belief that one should not leave this world without leaving a footprint. Well, I still stand by that, but let's say I like to think of being eaten by the worms when it comes to the less important yet frustrating things.
What made me review these "principles" if I may call them so, is a piece of news I just read on the net. Professor Randy Pausch has died of cancer at the age of 47.
If you think of it, 47 is a relatively young age to die, but think of what this man has done just before he passed away. This man inspired millions of people, in less than a year he did what many people fail to do in a lifetime. He left his footprint.
This makes me think, is there any difference between living 80 years or 30 years if you basically did the same things? What makes the difference? will you be someone who left the world a better place or just another corpse for the worms to chew on?
Saturday, July 26, 2008
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mashalaah ensana motfa2ela bel 7yaah..
Quran teaches us the principles of being good people in this ending life and prepare us to the eternity in heaven inshallah..
Quran teaches us the principles of being good people in this ending life and prepare us to the eternity in heaven inshallah..
The maggots will gnaw the corps whether we do or don't leave a lasting legacy.
Salam,
I find that question to be such an intriguing one. Countless nights and days have been and continue to be spent on trying to formulate some sort of answer to this rather ontological dilemma!
Then again, I am at that point in my journey where nothing seems to make sense.
And you Ms.Ola, have you made your footprint? And if not, how will you (or how would you like to) be remembered?
I find that question to be such an intriguing one. Countless nights and days have been and continue to be spent on trying to formulate some sort of answer to this rather ontological dilemma!
Then again, I am at that point in my journey where nothing seems to make sense.
And you Ms.Ola, have you made your footprint? And if not, how will you (or how would you like to) be remembered?
Nona: and this is exactly the same thing that makes it all endurable
Hatem: It's kind of symbolic. Anyway I say let's give those worms something good...
Tariq: Tough and depressing questio... Well, I think I haven't done that yet and I think there's no telling whether or not I did until the last day of my life... because you know the footprint is kind of reltive, you might do sth now that you consider an achievement but few years down the road it might not seem really significant
Hatem: It's kind of symbolic. Anyway I say let's give those worms something good...
Tariq: Tough and depressing questio... Well, I think I haven't done that yet and I think there's no telling whether or not I did until the last day of my life... because you know the footprint is kind of reltive, you might do sth now that you consider an achievement but few years down the road it might not seem really significant
I'd like to be cremated and sprinkled over the Red Sea or Wadi Rum actually. Hopefully the worms on my lot will feed on something else when my time comes!
And in the meantime, I've finally learned that one must live every day like it's the last. Live the day to the fullest. Love. Work. Give. Risk. Err. Try again.
Life is an attitude - you're either alive and making a contribution, or just filling space and consuming.
Legacy is a very important question, the answer only seems to appear thru exploration and doing.
And in the meantime, I've finally learned that one must live every day like it's the last. Live the day to the fullest. Love. Work. Give. Risk. Err. Try again.
Life is an attitude - you're either alive and making a contribution, or just filling space and consuming.
Legacy is a very important question, the answer only seems to appear thru exploration and doing.
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