I was in a media interview recently and my host in a series of getting-to-know-me questions asked me a question which I have never really given a serious thought before; she asked me what I am scared of the most. I know the default answer should be the fear of death or the fear of snakes, heights or some other kinds of phobias but no, after a long thought, I gave a blunt answer that what I am scared of the most is being broke or being poor. After I answered that she curiously asked me if I am not scared of death or dying young. Well, I’m more scared of being poor than dying.
That is it for me, you should ask yourself this philosophical question of what is your number one fear in life; what scares you the most; for some rich people, it is the fear of losing it all. Losing all the material things that have worked had to gather and accumulate, for some other rich men, it is the fear of dying and leaving all their wealth behind that’s why some wealthy men nurture the idea of living forever. They do not want to ever die. They want to live this life forever to keep enjoying its goodies.
I actually find the idea of living forever or cheating death ridiculous. Whenever I read about how technology is working closely with medicine to invent living forever kits I do shake my head in disgust. There are quite a number of world billionaires investing their fortunes into this research and inventions of how to make man live forever because they don’t want to ever die, they want to live forever. Hence their own biggest fear in life is no longer the fear of being broke or the fear of losing all their riches and wealth; rather, it is the fear of dying someday.
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Come to think of it, don’t you think that the idea of living forever defeats the purpose and the meaning of life? It is the knowledge of the fact that you are living a borrowed time or that your days are numbered that gingers you to properly utilize every time you have or you are privileged to be here on earth. The thought that this minute might be your last or this breath may be your last keeps you on your feet to make sure that you make do with every minute you are privileged to be here on earth and enjoy every breath you take, because it may be your last.
As for me, no matter how rich I am or end up being, I will never nurture the idea of living forever because I don’t want to live forever or become docile with life because I am in it forever. Nobody should cheat or escape death. Nobody should leave here alive.
I also do not believe in the idea that there is life after death. I am a Christian but against my Christian faith, I am struggling not to believe that part of the scripture that after you die there is another life. I do not know if I should believe in reincarnation as well. In fact, I do not believe in reincarnation. Once you are dead you are gone. You are never coming back to this earth as a newborn baby to start another life neither are you going to the great beyond to live another life. It’s one life. You get only one chance, so you better make do with that and give it your best shot. If you miss it you have missed forever, you are not coming back through reincarnation nor are you going to live another life in the great beyond when you are gone.
Therefore, live your best life, properly utilize it, do good to people, be the best you can be and enjoy every moment because it may be your last.