Monday, April 7, 2008

Life, Death and The Bucket List

Have u ever wondered when will it all will be over? When will u die? how would it feel to be dead? ( dumb question, i know, but its got a mystic,ironic feel to it.) well. You will certainly ponder about all these questions after watching this movie... "The bucket List".
It refers to a list of to-dos of two terminally ill cancer patients before they die in six months.
I wont dwell into the story but i would recommend u to watch it.
But seeing the movie spurred something in me... i sat calmly and thought for an hour. One question disturbing my mind???
"When u are in deathbed and about to die, what will be the thoughts in ur mind?"
"if your life scrolls before ur eyes, what images that would contain?"

Eventually, i figured out some answers and frankly, they are really disturbing for me.
When u are about to die, you wont remember the movies u watched. No, u wont think about ur favourite hero.
You wont think about the cricket matches u saw on TV. u wont give a damn whether india won the T20 or Test series with Australia...
You wont think about any material pocessions ( sorry if it sounded like a cliche..).
You would only think about ur loved ones. The love u got from others since u was a child.
and the love you gave to others.
You may argue that there is nothing new in this discovery. But personally its painful for me.
coz i realised at that moment that may be i am prioritizing my life in a wrong way.
may be i am giving importance to frivolus things and neglecting important things. I wont dwell into personals and stop here.
I've anther question for u. If u know that u are going to die in a month or so. how would ur attitude towards the world change??
Let me guess....
You will appreciate the small wonders of life.
You will try to love everbody in ur life.
The silly opinions u held against some people won't matter and
some of your adamant beliefs seem unimportant.
You will see the world from a whole new paradigm.
and if u have enough positve attitude,
you will try live every remaining day of your life...
Why do we need a deadline from death to think in this way?
Why cant we do that now?
Before i stop,I will leave you with these questions from the movie.... Think about them...
Have u found joy in your life??
and most importantly
Have u given joy to other people around you??

1 comment:

SreeCharan Gullapalli said...

well said dude... u drove ur point very nicely... initially i thought of seeing da movie, but later i thought i shud answer those last questions in ur post rather than watching da movie...

-sreecharan