Dying Wish

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Death is an inevitable end of mankind, though it is perhaps the most dreaded event in the life of any man. No matter how bad the world may look like, and hopeless a situation may seem, every man consciously and unconsciously continue to hope for a better tomorrow. So death is not an option. It is a certainty.

Sincerely, we all pray and wish to live to old age, myself not exempted, but sometimes, we need to pause and reflect on the journey of life- how far we are fairing, good or bad, average or excellent?

Imagine that you are given 30 minutes to write your death wish before the departure from the Mother Earth, what will it look like? Will it full of regrets or pains of opportunities squandered, resources wasted, or destinies mortgaged?

If you were to be reborn today, how will you like to live your life differently? Your time and resources, how will you like to expend them?

The irony of life is that we always believe there is a tomorrow to do the needful, but tomorrow never ends. It is good to hope for a better day, better situation, more auspicious occasion, and our audacious moments; the truth however is that we live every day at a time. Whatever we do today is for today, what we do for tomorrow is for tomorrow, so learn to live your life daily.

Friend, what is your death wish? This question we must constantly ask ourselves day-in-day-out if we hope to live a meaningful life. To live better, you must know your wealth is not in material things but in people. It is the number of lives influenced and impacted that will count both here and beyond.

Jesus said whatsoever we do to  'these little ones'- the helpless, the forgotten, the right-off of the society , you have done it unto me. Sew a seed to humanity today, no matter how small,and you would have lived a better life.

My call to you today is to pursue life goals and ambition with humanity and eternity in mind, for all of us will one day close our eyes and never to be opened again.

Happy weekend.

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