Death

by Kapila Khindriya

Death is something that we need not fear as it’s bound to happen. From the day we are born, we are destined to die.

It’s how we choose to live it, who’s lives we choose to touch and how we choose to end it.

Sometimes we don’t show enough appreciation to someone when it’s deserved or we say harsh things to someone at work or at home. Thinking that we’ll have tomorrow to say it or to make things right. Who knows if there is a tomorrow in store for them or for us ?

Some people say that flashes of life and things we say and do come before us as we take our last breath. Wouldn’t we want it to be with no regrets?

Who knows if we ever do get a chance to tell someone how much they truly mean to us. Who knows if we postpone a catch up with someone, we’d still have that time in the future with them?

Three weeks ago I got a call from an good friend that I had not heard from for the past 4 years. He was away working in Singapore and had recently got back as he just got a job in KL. He called up and we had a short chat and discussed to meet sometime soon. Days passed and weeks passed and well, we didn’t get the chance to meet.

Then last week I got a call that stated he had met in an accident and passed on.

I couldn’t believe it, and could accept it as I had just spoken to him 2 weeks prior to that but never got that chance to meet up.

The feeling of loss was dearly felt and it thought me that as much as I thought I don’t take things for granted. In a way without me realizing, I did.

And although we know death comes to anyone and anytime, I always felt that those who left me were mainly those who passed on due to old age. Never really expected a young person, my friend to go.

With our lives being busy, sometimes we fail to realize that nothing is permanent. We tend to take people, especially the ones closest to us for granted.

Be it our parents, our children, our siblings, our colleagues, our friends, relatives etc.

Let the last things we say to someone be the things we are willing to live with if that's happens to be the last word we ever get to say to them.

What do we lose by that?

To all my family ,friends, and colleagues, out there, I just want to say that, you have indeed touched my life one way or another and made me who I am today. Thank you for being you & I love you!