If I only had six months to live at this second, I would do something I want to do but do not have a chance to do and treat my self as a free person. I would not care about responsibility as a student any more. I would book the ticket immediately back to China and spend a lot of time with my family. I won’t tell them what happens. I just want to spend with them because I spend less and less time with my family after I came America. My parents always take care of me, and it is time that I need to take care of them. It will perhaps take 2 months. Then, I would go to travel, to those places I always want to go. Maybe traveling around the world. Traveling is my favorite thing. I want to see what does the world like. Through traveling, I always could learn something, some life lessons. Then, during the traveling, I would like to do some exciting events to challenge myself, like skydiving, bungee jumping, and exploring jungle. Maybe it will take 2 months to travel. For 5th month, I would back to china again to visit my old friends and stay with my family and have some remarkable memory with them. For the last month, I would find a coastal city or an island to welcome the end of my life. I would quietly leave this world. I would not tell anyone about my death. I would write a will to my family and friend, and send it after a month of my death. Before that, nobody will know that or they may simply believe I just disappear or on the way of a tour.
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school…it is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically. – Henry David Thoreau
Angela, your way of wanting to disappear in a somewhat peaceful, quiet way is thought provoking. Is it because you would fear the goodbye or that it could be an easier way for them to move one? I'm curious because it's an option that often escapes my mind. To leave not without a trace, but with an uplifting farewell.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to tell my family and friends is because I don't want everyone live in depressed environment. I want everyone around me full of happiness. Everyone will be face the end of life in one day. We need to accept it and to face it in a positive attitude.
DeleteAngela, I agree with you that traveling would be a great way to fill the six months! I like how you took into account those around you and spending time with your family instead of just focusing on yourself.
ReplyDeleteI am surprise you want to leave the world quietly without telling others. I will feel really lonely and upset if I choose to die without accompany with my family. But I think this way of leaving the world may avoid saying goodbye to those who are close to us.
ReplyDeleteI will do the exactly same thing as you do: traveling around and spending most of time with family and friends. I also really like your idea that you will learn to take care of your parents because your parents are the ones who always take care of you because it makes me realize that we should not wait until the last minute to show our gratitude to our parents.
ReplyDeleteI think leaving the world without telling others is a little bit too harsh to me. I can't live without my family. I like your idea of traveling around the world and to do what you like to do. Just go with your mind and do anything you like.
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