“Remember that you will die.” Admittedly, this isn’t the most pleasant topic. There is, however, great benefit in meditating on the reality that at some point, you will in fact die. It motivates you to live the life right now that you want to be living. Meditate on this, and write out your thoughts. Does death scare you? Does it motivate you? It’s okay to be honest
Does death scare me? No. Does it motivate me? No.
What is my reaction to the idea that I will die or what are my feelings about my future death? I accept it as a fact. It’s nothing to fear or worry about. Party of the reason for my tepid tax ton to the idea is my firm belief that Heavenly Father has a work for me to accomplish in mortality and I won’t die until I fulfill that work. Once I have fulfilled that work, the effect of death is to simply remove the limitations of mortality from me.
The only valid I find in pondering my dearth is to ask how I would like to be remembered at that time. I hope to be remembered as someone who really lived as he believed and who cared for all people he knew regardless of their differences. I’d also like to be remembered as someone who tried to do good wherever I was.
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