Die Happy!

“Son, what do you want from life?”

“I want to die happy.”

“What! I am talking about life, its purpose, your goals, your desires and you are talking about death!”

“Father, I believe that being able to die happy is the most difficult thing to achieve in this life. Its the most difficult task. It’s the ultimate goal that I wish I can achieve.”

“And will you care to explain?”

“With pleasure. Though most of us tend to live as we will live forever, we all know that we are going to die one day. Living forever is just an illusion we create so as to not feel depressed at the thought of everything we treasure and love being snatched away without the slightest fault of ours. And when that day will come no one knows. This definitely is for the good of all or else we would become complacent, reckless, and irresponsible. The sheer fear of death makes most of us behave within the social norms and not unsustainable selfishness.
Now that we don’t know when our final hour will arrive or whether it will feel like decades or seconds or what lies beyond that frontier, what we have is this one life to, simply put, enjoy.
Because of this uncertainty associated with death I said I want to die happy coz to achieve this simple goal I would have to be happy most of the times if not always.”

“But this again might turn people into hedonists and anarchists. What about that?”

“With due respect father, I said this was my aim, my goal. I can’t be stupid enough to generalize it, for hedonists don’t stop to think of what they want at the end of their journey, they think of what they want NOW, on the way. Even I, for that matter, am not sans my sins. What I am talking about is what I want from life, I might not get it for it might require sacrifices beyond my capabilities. Sacrifices are essential as happiness is often derived from the people and things we love and are attached to. That is why I must add that to die happy, it’s not just necessary that the happiness is continuous but it should also be sustainable. What if I keep doing things that make me happy and one fine day realize that I had been wrong all this while and then am filled with remorse and regret? To avoid such a thing from happening, the only thing one can do is be responsible for those who depend on him, admit mistakes when made and never have regrets about opportunities lost and mistakes made.”

~don’t mind u hedonist bastards, am on of u. for the time being atleast J