It is not death or dying that is tragic, but rather to have existed without fully participating in life- that is the deepest personal tragedy.
Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.
Why do we cling to life and why are we afraid of death? You may not have thought about it. The reason why we cling so much to life and why we are afraid of death is just inconceivable. We cling to life so much because we do not know how to live. We cling to life so much because really we are not alive. And time is passing and death is coming nearer and nearer. And we are afraid that death is coming near and we have not lived yet.
I think the saddest thing in the world will be for people who face their death and realize they never lived. That won't be me.
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.
