Positive thoughts and the way of death

Positive thoughts and the way of death

A good cigarette
The resilience of your body
The ability of your brain to bounce back from chemical negativity

A clean sheet: no beef with anyone / no conflict
Strapping into your car, getting the car up and running
A good computer to write on with streamlined components

1L Super M chocolate milk
The face, the snuggles, the body of my cat

God must be thanked for small mercies
For quiet
For peace
For lack of bodily harm - from physical attack, from disease, from accident.

How is it that some die at 18?
How is it that some die at 55?
How is it that some die at 5 years old?
And some live to 90?
There seems to be no rhyme or reason.

Amy Whinehouse dead at 28
Robin Williams dead at 63
Philip Seymour Hoffman dead at 47

Betty White, still alive at 96.

I always said no matter what you do, it does not matter; you’re dead in the end.
And this is true; our deeds seldom last too long after our demise.

But, what I can add to this is that even if you are busy with some great and important work, or idle your time away doing nothing significant…

…life can be cut short…life can end in mid-sentence…life will end, no matter what.

• Written by Omar Daniel Fourie, 13 December 2018.