When many people are close to dying,
they struggle to hold onto life.
When a person is young that makes
sense to me.
At a certain point when a person grows
real old, say past 80, and illnesses and
balance and mobility issues creep in,
why hold onto an old, decaying life?
I can see it if you still have an other
that you love and don’t want to leave
behind in this life.
But in most cases if the quality of your
life is down to nil and you’ve lived a
long life, why hold onto a losing
proposition?
Better to just let go if death is near
than to struggle against the inevitable.
Besides, maybe in death you’ll find
freedom.
Freedom from the agonies of aging
and the stresses and strifes of this
passing life.
As for me, I won’t be holding on, and
I see death as a friend who will relocate
me to a better world.
Bob Boyd