The End or The Beginning .............. Well depends on how you see it !!!!!!!

When the news/rumor about Apple chief Steve Jobs' degrading health broke out , it was a shocker for most of us. The whole internet is abuzz to know the truth. Interestingly there was an article published in Times of India (Sunday Supplement) dated 27th February 2011 which mentions Steve Jobs stating that "Knowing that soon I am going to Die makes things easy for me, I can prioritise things and take important decisions in my life, it acts as a very useful tool for me".

I was taken aback by his words, but then I thought for a while and it really struck my mind that what he said was so very true. When you are certain that somethings are going to happen soon and its inevitable, then you are in a better position to take calls, make some important decisions so as to minimise the impact/loss. People may well argue that someday everyone has to die , so whats the big deal about it? True, even I agree that Death is the Final Degree that all of us are going to get once we graduate out of the institution called Life, but we never know how long we are going to be in this institution, thus if you know that you are soon going to graduate out of it, it will propel us to speed up things , be close to your near and dear ones and do whatever you ever wanted to do in your life, but otherwise if you do not know (most of us don't ), then you may miss upon a lots of things you wished.

The end isnt always as bad as it looks, its just that we humans dont really let go things easily, with our emotions attached to anything and everything that ends, be it life or a relation or even a for that sake your favorite cricket bat which might break.  Except for life, rest everything that comes to an end can be or rather IS always a beginning of something new and good, just depends on how an individual transitions through this phase (Well if I have to beleive in mythology, even end of a life is a beginning of it elsewhere). I very much believe in the saying "When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." 

Its really sad and depressing if we keep looking back at what happened, so now the onus lies with us that do we keep staring back at what ended or we start looking at what has begun?