The End of this Life

A person who has crossed the age of 50 is now in the final stage of his life. Having passed through various phases and having gained much experience and wisdom, he has become a mature person. But just then, the angel of death arrives and sweeps him away from the world, like a plant that is considered unwanted being plucked out from a garden.

Post-50, a person is capable of thinking in a more mature way. He can better appreciate the songs of the universe. He can taste with greater finesse the finer tastes of life. He can do many things in a much better way than in his earlier years, because he has seen more of life and has learnt more lessons. But just then death strikes him.

This is the story of most people. They spend their lives doing this and that and then, when they reach the final stage of life, they see tragedy staring them in the face with the inevitable appearance of death. They think that death puts a complete end to all that they had spent their life for. But they regard this situation as tragic only because they mistakenly think death to be the permanent end of life. The fact, however, is that death is simply the inauguration of a new phase of life—the post-death phase. In contrast to the pre-death phase of life, which lasts, at most, for just a few years, the post-death phase of life carries on for eternity.

For those who realize this truth, old age can become a beautiful and very meaningful phase of their life. They can avail the many opportunities that this phase of life affords to build their Hereafter, where they can hope to enjoy a blissful life forever.