THE CERTAINTIES OF LIFE (5)

For everyone who has been a dedicated follower of the certainties of life series, here is the last post:

The entities we want to build, the achievements, the success, the greatness and every other thing we long for will all end one day. More than any other thing, death is very certain for every living thing.

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Unannounced, unthought-of, unpremeditated, death will come for every soul that has ever tasted breath. It will take way that which allows the body to perform its primary functions. It will leave the body limp and devoid of life.
Your life records, achievements, success and failure will be the only things left behind. What people have to say about you becomes your legacy. Opinions already formed about you become a permanent part of your history you have no power of changing.
How will people react to your death? What will be said about you after you die?
For now, imagine you aren’t with your friends, how will they discuss you? Would you be described as the benevolent friend who helps his counterpart or the stingy one? Would you be recalled for a lot of positive impacts you have made on lives or the negative ones?
Living life day by day and how you treat people along the line has a very big impact on how you will be remembered. How do you want your story to be told? The plots, the acts, the parts- it all depends on you and on how you have chosen to live life.
Although, you cannot allow negative opinions to affect you, because it is certain that people will talk .But set yourself up so that you do not have to bother/ worry about their present talks (as long as what you are doing is right). Work to be a success for yourself, and the ones around you.
Do things in such a way that your last moments aren’t full of regret! Live life such that you won’t be afraid of death when it comes.
In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin