Don’t fear the reaper.

The past two weeks, 2 of my friends passed away. One of them actually passed away this morning.

Death makes you think about a lot of things actually. How you never really know when you’re time’s coming up, when the reaper’s gonna come knocking on your door. Or even how long you’ve got left.

Death has always been a sad thing for me. I could never really handle death well. Just the thought of it can actually bring me to tears. Nothing scares me more than death actually.

But one thing I realized was that…you can see death in two different ways. You can let it hold you back, trying to escape it, though in the end…it will all be but futile. Or, you can let death drive you. Make the most of every single day that you’re here. Live, live life, live free with the top of your car down, wind blowing through your hair, living free.

One quote comes to mind. It’s from the movie Troy, with Brad Pitt. The quote was from the scene where he was talking to Briseis and he tells her something after he finds out that she’s a priestess. The quote goes: “I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”

Because we’re doomed…everything is more beautiful. Because we’re mortal, any moment could be our last. Because we’re mortal, we will never be lovelier, more beautiful than we are now because we will never be here again.

One thing I don’t regret about those 2 friends of mine who just passed away was that they lived. They lived life. Though they died at very unreasonable ages, the fact of the matter is that the fact that they lived life…did what they wanted.

We will all go. As some people say, there are only two constant things in life, death and taxes. We will all go, that’s a given. But what matters most is what we do with the life we’re given, no matter how long or short it is. Live life to its fullest.

All our times have come,
Here- but now there- gone.

Seasons don’t fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain
We can be like they are
Come on, baby
Don’t fear the reaper

This post is dedicated to two people. Jet Concepcion (1971 – 2009) and Tara Santelices (1985 – 2009) who’re currently knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door.

I’ll miss you guys.