fear or fearless due to death

I recently read the book called “Veronica Decides To Die” by Paulo Coehlo.

In that book the central character called veronica tries committing suicide by a over dose of sleeping pills and gets saved only to know that her heart is irrevocably damaged and she has only 7days to live.

Once you know you have only a few days left to live what is your reaction?

Ofcourse for someone who already wants to die is nothing bad but ya dying in one shot and waiting for your death everyday is something different. The girl is admitted to a mental asylum where if the author is to be believed there are more sane people then mad people. But there are few things which are striking in the book.

1^st is when you know you are about to die you do whatever you want to without been bothered if people around you like it or no, the author says that since it’s a mental asylum nobody bothers about their behavior as the others around are equally mad but come to think of it even in the sane’s world would you bother pleasing other’s if you knew your about to die in 7days.

The 2^nd thing is saying goodbye is too difficult. even if it’s a trip that’s come to an end or when your dying. Maybe that’s why our hindi movies always have a minimum of 5 dialogues before the person finally dies. But then again its only when something is about to end do you feel the urge to tell everything all at once because kya pata “kal ho ya na ho” par jab hum aaj mei saath hote hai toh kyon feelings express karne se darte hai. That’s why I always have this golden rule of telling everyone whom I love that I love them when ever I feel like example I hug my mom and close friends when ever I feel like it.

The most striking thing is on one hand death raises fear in us and on other hand the acknowledgment of death makes us behave fearlessly in our living form to do anything we want to and behave in any way we want to because there is no tomorrow.

Confusing humans – we keep contradicting our own selves.