02-01-2008, 08:15 PM
Quote:I don't disagree with the message to not let dreams die, etc. But to compare it to death? I don't buy it.
To my mind, I think the message is that to have a life not worth living is a greater loss than living a full and good life, and dying afterwords.
To a person of faith, death isn't an end at all. So death has no sting. But to throw away the opportunities and gifts we have in this earthly life is a great loss.
To an atheist, I imagine death is the end, but some things survive us when we depart the earth, like the deeds we have done, the differences we have made. So there too, perhaps being full of life, and not "dying in spirit," is a way to take away death's sting.