<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=451661" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Paradox</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">One day, <br>We are all <br>Going to die.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But we <br>Choose to deny<br>It in everyway.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What if you <br>You are diagnosed<br>With a deadly illness, <br>And told<br>Your days are numbered.<br>Or if you live, <br>To bed you will<br>Be confined.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">After you are flooded, <br>With overwhelming emotions: <br>Shock, denial, anger<br>Grief and fear, <br>You make peace.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then in a tranquil mind <br>You decide, <br>You will make your exit dignified.<br>And not go whimpering and crying.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you learn how to die, <br>You learn how to live, <br>And enrich your life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Finally you have the epiphany, <br>What is ephemeral.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is a paradox<br>In dying <br>You learn <br>The art of being.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">As told by a friend who battled with kidney failure and went for dialysis everyday. He lived for 20 years, a fruitful life always wearing a smile. I never heard him complain, this poem is in memory of him. He taught me valuable lessons <br>15.05.08</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Mamta+Agarwal">Mamta Agarwal</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=451661" data-title="Paradox de Mamta Agarwal" data-description="One day, We are all Going to die. But we Choose to deny It in everyway. What if you You are diagnosed With a deadly illness, And told Your days are numbered. Or if you live, To bed you will Be confined. After you are flooded, With overwh..."></div> </div> </div>

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