On Death

Perhaps one of the most frequently asked questions that people ask as a mean of self-motivation and a supposed answer to happiness and all of the mysteries of life is: If I was dying, would I be happy with what I am? Am I successful? Do I have regrets?

It's all about death. People have emphasized that moment in our lives for different reasons: because our life is perceived as linear. Because every point in our life is seen as an accumulation to that final moment, the final breath. But what if we were wrong? What if that moment is no different that any previous moments in our life? What if our life is a circle, with no start point or end point. And although every point on that circle does affect the next, no point in time matters more than the next.

Here's what I think about perception, and life, and death. I am what I am at the moment I think I am what I am. However and this is important-PAY ATTENTION- this does not mean that that's all I am, or was (after I died). Because you see happiness and sadness, and all the different polarities of life, exist. One minute I am depressed, uninspired, the next I am completely inspired and energized. Am I a depressed person? Or an enthusiastic person? Well I am a depressed person when I am depressed. And I am an energized person when I am energized. But as a whole, I am neither or both. I am what I am.

I know this may all sound like philosophical pointless ramble, but all my life I have seen these ongoing cliches and self help book about happiness. Everyone has some form of wisdom and advise to offer. Everyone has some sort of theory behind it. But quite frankly happiness does exist, but it is neither permanent nor a direct reflection of who you are. It is a moment and a feeling that is no different and no more important controllable or uncontrollable as sadness. And if we come to accept things for what they are, instead of constantly trying to find solutions for something that does not need a solution, then instead of asking ourselves about the future and regretting the past, we achieve something that is more important than happiness. Peace.