Let’s Die a Happy Man :)
Happiness has become a philosophical word these days. And even though I am writing in that context, I believe it is not a good thing for the Human race. Happiness is one of the basic emotions of human beings and if we stop thinking too much about it, we should be happy I believe.
Death is uncertain. I may die while writing this blog as well. I never know. BUT whenever I die, I wish to die a happy man.
I remember the death of Respected Mr. A P J Abdul Kalam, who died while giving a lecture, the one thing he liked the most.
BUT not everyone died the same way. Some died in hospital, some in an accident, some in a calamity, some got shot and some died naturally. Question is, who died a happy man and who died with sorrow in their heart. Life would always be with ups and downs, BUT death must be with a smile.
No one knew when they died neither in the future anyone would know about it.
So, how can one claim to die a happy man?
Every moment would not be the same. I may die when I am facing some problem, or in a hospital struggling with some disease, or in an accident with a lot of pain, or when I lose everything and trying to gain things again, or in an earthquake or anything. Death is uncertain and it may come at any stage of life. During the first six months of life, or childhood, or a teenager or adult or at 40 or at 100 as well. It depends on us how we live and die.
I feel we can die a happy man if we believe in our decisions and take complete responsibility for the same.
I remember one quote from Mr. Ratan Tata, “I take decisions first and then make them right”
And if we are unable to make them right, if we have really made a mistake, we have to take responsibility for the same. Once we take responsibility, we do not feel sad but we try and rectify the same.
And as we try to make all decisions right, i.e. we give our 100% in whatever we are doing, a smile comes on our face naturally with a sense of satisfaction and no regrets. And while smiling naturally, if death comes, we can face it with a happy heart.
This way, I can say, I would die a happy man :)
I may choose to leave my million-dollar job and start serving society or I may choose to continue the mundane routine. I may sacrifice my whole life for my country or I may choose to be just a common man who takes care of only my family. I may choose to be ambitious to earn billions or I may choose to be in my village. Whatever I may choose, I should be confident about it, agree on it, accept it, and live with it. I must take responsibility for my past decisions, present decisions, and future decisions.
This responsibility of decisions would make life satisfactory during every challenge and lead to a happy death.
And if we are not willing to take responsibility, then we would be among those wealthier people, who died with sorrow in their hearts.
I do have dreams to buy a bungalow, have a world tour with my wife, provide the best education to my daughter, fulfill all dreams of my parents, earn name and fame, write 10000 articles, and best-selling books, throw parties for my friends, have a library of a million books, buy diamonds for my love, engrave my name in the history, be a billionaire, travel in a cruise, buy an island and much more. BUT I also know, this can not happen in a minute or a day, or even in a single year. All dreams to come true would certainly need time and I have to prepare myself for that. And every day I am taking a step closer towards each of my dreams. Every day whatever decisions I make, I am responsible for it. For the cheat day and remember achievements, let’s be responsible.
Let’s die a happy man :)
