The 3 things that you have been putting off for the future and would do right now if given a chance... When I was young and didn't know about life or death, I was quite sure in my mind that human beings lived forever - after all, they were the superior species compared to others. In school, we had history as a subject and also I had read tonnes of comic books depicting lives of those same kings and queens ( that we read in history books ) – but the fact that they all had died, still didn’t register in my mind that ~ death was a stark fact. In school, when one day we got the news of our classmate’s accidental death, it was the first time I got to know 'death' close – as I used to sit on the same bench with her. The vacant seat near mine, which she used to occupy, haunted me for quite a while with the fact that life was temporary. And when one uncle of mine passed away, I knew death was just around the corner waiting to pounce at us, at any moment. It was the time I realized, this life is not permanent at all – and certainly not for humans. There's no escape from death; it may take a while - but comes, it does! Infact, humans are at a greater risk now because of many man-made disasters they become victim of – most common being accidents on any mode of transport, unhealthy lifestyles that triggers so many diseases which results in untimely deaths and so on, besides the natural causes. With the realization of the 'reality of death', another realization instantly dawns upon us, that there’s no #SecondChance. If I want to go back to my childhood and re-live those days, can I do it? Certainly not! I’ve no time-machine to take me there, except my memories. And why just childhood, lost opportunities too hardly come by again. And with the fact that there’s only this life we’ve got, that ‘only chance’ we get becomes so much more precious. Because, we might never get it again. Kal ho na ho…. However, do I fear death? No! Do I want to stop living my life fully, just because death is around the corner? No! Instead, knowing that we have so little time in our hands I want to live and breathe every moment, cherish it and do all things possible, that I’ve been postponing uptil now. Oh! There are so many things I’ve just procrastinated – but I guess, I need to pull up my socks now and get them done because there’s really no #SecondChance. The first 3 things that comes to my mind are... Getting an Insurance Cover ~ While I was writing the 3 things I'd love to do right now, if given a chance, I couldn't help but remember the uncle of mine who’s death I wrote about earlier. Well, it pained to see the awful times their family went through, for the lack of insurance cover. My uncle died in his early-thirties in an accident, leaving behind his two young sons and widowed wife. The wife didn’t have a job at the time. On his death, they were literally on the streets. It’s a terrible thing to watch – the sufferings of ones left behind with untimely death and without proper planning for future. I love and care for my family, and I wouldn’t want them to face so much hardships, so early in life ~ incase, something similar happens to me. You never know, cos' kal ho na ho... I’d want to make their lives safe and secure as much as I can. So, taking a life insurance cover from a trusted insurance company is something that I'll definitely do, as this is the only sure way to protect my loved ones ~ as there’s simply no #SecondChance!  |
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