Saturday, January 16, 2010

I'm thinking of what Sarah said

Love is watching someone die

So who's gonna watch you die?

A question that really brings things into perspective, I think. In the end, it will not matter all that much how much money you gained or how you did on your IB exam or whether you failed or passed midterms. When you die, there won't be any pressure. You'll probably just be regretting something or another. I'm really not sure that anyone can face death satisfied and alone.

The question is perhaps not whether you'll regret anything, because you probably will. I think it's more important to ask whether you'll have someone there to tell you you did your best, and it's done the people around you right. Maybe you'll break a few promises. Maybe you'll wish you had not exploded at a close friend and lost them forever. Maybe you'll wish you'd not broken so many things in IB Biology labs. But if you can look at that person and see them smiling you into your death, you might just see that no matter what you did wrong you did some things right.

So perhaps it will not matter where you worked, what you did, who you did and how often. Maybe it is more important to be asking yourself who will be watching you die. And what you'll have done to deserve who that is and how they send you off.

So who's gonna watch you die?

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