Death is a natural thing that befalls on all humans. And yet almost no one in their right mind looks forward to the day of their death. It's even worse when you know for sure that your death is just around the corner. I guess this applies to those that are awaiting execution for crimes they have committed, or are just simply in the wrong place at the wrong time (such as the unlucky residents in war-torn countries like Iraq and other Middle-Eastern Countries.)
When I visited my very old and ill Grandmother, a thought came to me. I thought, "isn't being old as good as waiting for your execution day?" And then I began to wonder, is it really such an awesome thing to live until an old age after all? I used to balk at how some of my friends say they wish to die a sudden and peaceful death at a youngish age like 40+. I felt that life was so full of goodness, how could any one of us bear to die so early??
So when this thought of living until old and waiting for death came to my mind, I then realized why they thought this way. Being really old, is just as good as being executed for the crime of having a longer life than your peers. And you'll just sit and wait for the day to come. You know it's coming, but you don't really know when, but you'll just sit and wait, because you have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
Maybe it's not such a bad thing to die suddenly and peacefully at 40+ afterall, when we are not expecting to die. There will be no feelings of regret, or fear, or happiness. We'll just go in a hopefully happy state, with our dreams for whatever was to come still intact in our brains.
