Memento Mori

Life is like a living organism and we, humans, are the tiny cells that made up its biological structure. The only difference between us and the micro jelly is that we have a thing called brain that allows us to walk, talk and...desire.

With that as an opening, my post for today will be centered on, as indicated on the title, Memento Mori. The sophisticated-sounding word is Latin in origin and it simply means "remember that you will die" (Wikipedia, 2014). Yup! It's going to be a morbid post but in spite of the melancholy, there's much to learn from this term.

I first learned of the term from, of the places, Marvel Avengers Alliance (a Facebook game). It's one of the weapons players could collect. From then, it kept bugging me that I didn't know what the term meant yet I always forgot to check its meaning until a few day ago, thanks to a quick search on Wikipedia. I was hooked on it the moment I understood its meaning. See, I have an affinity towards the concept of death (I'm morbid like that) - from how we fear the unknown to how we fear what we would leave behind.

Before I get carried away, let's talk more on Memento Mori. What caught my attention was that the term refers to how the inevitability of death will come sooner or later and no matter what, we need to face it (even if it scares us sxxx-less). That leaves us with my picture below.

See, the thing about death is that, even with your impeccable beauty, your immense wealth, your notorious fame and your glorious achievement, none of them can be brought upon death's doorsteps. All you will leave behind when Death visits is the bones on your body. Those superficial materialistic items are left for the world of living to enjoy.

That, however, does not discredit all the things that you have done in life. On the contrary, with death ever looming around us, it gives us more the reason to do what we can to feel satisfied about the short life that we possess. True, you can't bring the materialistic stuff to your grave but we shouldn't center ourselves on these stress-laden items to begin with (trust me, most of them emit more stress than pleasure). Of course, if you are the pessimistic type, be happy that death is always nearby.

Death has always been a mystery that haunts mankind due to the suspense that it gives off as no one knows what will happen when Death is at our doorsteps. Is there truly a light beyond the darkness or is there a fiery pit of fire filled with agony? Some claimed that they had seen it but how valid were their comments? To add to the matter, the whole materialistic objects that we desire so much in the living world cannot be carried over to Death haunts alot of people these days too.

For me, like the cells in our body, I believe that we are merely carrying out our duty to expand and maintain the bodily functions before we die off and replace by a generation of another us. Life seems simpler that way.