But, death is right here, right now, with every one of us. It's with our every breath. It's with our every heartbeat. It's with our every blink of our eyes that we come closer to personally experiencing it.

We are all terminal. We all wake up one day closer to the end. Every day we live is but another day that brings us closer to the precipice between this physical plane and the ethereal one.

Is this nasty? Yes. But it is a fact. And no amount of denial, ignoring, forgetting, suppressing, or numbing is going to take away the fact that one day you will, we all will, be taken away to the other side.

Anyone who talks about death, like me with this article, is usually thought of as being morbid, or having 'something wrong' with them. That is how much people don't want to think of this part of existence. At least until we have to as it may be forced in front of our face unexpectedly, or expectedly.

I think that death is something that we don't want to face because it is scary, and it is a sober reminder of our finite days on this plane via our mortality as a physical creature, a human.

Think of all the things people do to fight the idea of aging and death. Surgeries, medicinals, drugs, potions, and lotions usually are all attempts to stop the ultimate demise of the body. Allay? Yes. Stop? No.

I've sometimes had discussions of this topic, at a very elementary level, with my oldest son. I remember him thinking that the human body starts dying around the early adult years but I told him that the human body essentially starts 'dying' the minute it starts existing. As the old saying goes "everything that has a beginning, has an ending."

Is this morose and dark and morbid? Depends upon how one looks at it. Some people say that death is a part of life. Some people say that death is the opposite of birth. Some people say that death is the opposite of life. All may be true, in my opinion.

But, the fact of the matter is that right now we are all alive. We are all living, breathing, growing, aging, dying human beings. We are alive. Right now. We're reading these words. We are able to take in this sharing. We're able to hear the birds, and feel the movement of air as it passes into and out of our body. At least, that is what we should be aware of.

I believe that our purpose of life, our purpose to living, is to become as aware as we can before the body dies. We should live before we die. We should be aware that the life we are currently blessed with is just that: a blessing.

I also believe that, once we are sentient, no matter what our circumstance, no matter what our stage in life, if we haven't used the countless opportunites to understand and live from the place of existence that is aware that it exists, then we haven't truly lived while we were alive: we haven't fully embraced the blessing of existence.

Death is approaching each and every one of us.

Is it something to fear? In my opinion, no.

Is it something to look forward to? Perhaps.

Is it something to hurry towards? No, not in my opinion.

But it is something that needs to be taken in to our existence now and then used as a springboard towards living while we're alive. Right here. Right now.

Am I saying that we walk around every moment thinking about death and worrying about it? No, not at all.

I'm saying that death is inevitable for us and is part of existence as a physical creature. It is there. It is here. It is now. And it is not to be ignored.

Although we all want to, no one will live forever on this plane. But, we don't have to use that as a reason to not live now. Life is so blessed. Life is so short. Life is so sweet and can be the most glorious experience depending upon how much we're willing to release and then take back in what returns.

I was once told that 'lessons ride in on the back of events'. Analogously, Life is the event for each and every one of us. Are you willing to find out your Life lesson, before the body dies and the great existential playing field is leveled again?

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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