Bucket List Monologue

It is inevitable that we will all die it is a fact that everyone must come to terms with. There comes a time in everyone’s life that they must face death; a friend’s tragic accident, a family member’s passing or their own battles with diseases. When faced with the idea of death people will act in different ways some may find it therapeutic to apologize for the negative they have done, some may want to spend time with loved ones to ease the future pain, and others may decide that their life was not what they believed. The story Death Constant Beyond Love tells us about a man named Senator Sanchez who is living a happy life with his wife and five kids. That is until he is told by doctors that he only has a short time to live. Death is

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” (Mark Twain). This quote from the famous American writer is the basis for what became one of the hardest ideas to comprehend, death. Death has always been a complex term, causing one to struggle with what the true definition is. It is also hard to wrap your mind around what does it truly mean to die. These are the questions we long for the answer. Whether we acknowledge it or not, death has always been feared by many. Death remains an impossible question, one that has been unexplained since beginning of time. Even though dying is a natural, we as a human race still fear it. What can be done to defeat this never-ending battle? According to Montaigne’s “To Philosophize is to Learn to Die” and Cory Taylor’s “Questions for Me About Dying” we can overcome this by living to the fullest, living with no regrets, living a legacy, and lastly not fearing the inevitable. If you want to conquer the question of life, live in the moment.

How does one want to die? That might be a question too harsh for some to think about. So, maybe the correct question would be, how can one embrace death? Everyone’s answer to this question is more than likely going to be very diverse. Do people embrace death and live every moment to the fullest until it is their time to go? One man, Dudley Clendinen, a writer for the New York Times, did just that. His article is about his intentions to end his own life at the young age of 66 rather than having his daughter and friends watch him die a laborious and excruciating death. The context of his article is

The top item on my bucket list is to go to Alaska and see Orcas in the wild. I have always been fascinated by Killer Whales and would love to interact with them. I almost had a chance at Sea World – San Antonio, but I could not take the summer off work to be an intern for the Killer Whale environment.

Death is something that people must deal with every day in our world, and there are several aspects of death that sometimes the living do not consider. For example, how does one celebrate or remember passed loved ones? What happens to you when you die? How would you like to be remembered? There are multiple ways to answer these questions, and examining differing points of view can be enlightening.

Bucket List Take a ride on the London Eye Hang glide Dog sled race in Alaska Get a meaningful tattoo, at least a small one Visit all fifty states Learn to play every concert band instrument Break or set a world record Obtain a college degree Get married and start a family Pierce my cartilage Go to Comic-Con Become a better Christian Vote for president Go on a road trip to anywhere with someone special See my favorite band in concert Learn how to play guitar Witness a miracle Ride a mechanical bull Do a color run Go scuba diving and experience marine life up close See the Northern Lights Fly first class to another country Hit a bull’s-eye on a dart board Meet someone famous Visit Windsor castle Help someone in need Finish all the items on my bucket

All living beings promise one thing when they are born and set in existence; that they will live and then after they have exercised their temporal being they sign off to death. The contract of a human being’s life is that it comes with mortality, so we do as much as we can in

Death is something that many people fear and many people face. Most people do not know exactly when they are going to die, but being given a sort of idea of that can change the way someone thinks and acts drastically. Death is in escapable. Everyone must die eventually, some young, like my friend in fifth grade who passed from being in an ATV accident, and others old, such as my 15 year old cat who recently passed.

The article Aging Well: Facing the Fact of Mortality by Michael Friedman was very informative. Mr. Friedman used this article as a way to show today’s society on the proper way to face death, is that there is difficulty accepting death and mortality. According to Mr. Friedman, “Death is morbid, but coming to terms with it is a key developmental challenge of old age and a major challenge for our health and mental health systems”. Using this quote, it can be interpreted that coming to terms with death and taking practical steps to prepare for the inevitable should give comfort. The article lists two practical steps that we should take. Whether death is on our minds or not, we must first complete legal advance directives that will hopefully assure

I could spend the day hopping from country to country, ticking them of my bucket list as I went!

Live your life to its fullest, if I had to mention one thing I learned from Mary Oliver 's beautiful poem, "When Death Comes", that would be it. Specifically not letting time pass you by, or letting things like anxiety or anger control your life. The comparisons to death also help with understanding the magnitude of our mortality, and the importance of not taking each and every day for granted. With many fitting and unique metaphors I found it easy to be engaged with the poem. This leads also to a lot of relevant and surprising imagery, employing a more detailed vantage point for the reader. In "When Death Comes", Mary Oliver uses persona, metaphor, and imagery to speak not only of death, but more specifically living life to its fullest before death.

I feel Dr Cornell West expressed when saying that death gives rise to desire, was that each individual will ultimately know that there is a time when they will die but the desires in life, success, marriage will give us a drive to live. We as humans, be faced with the opportunity of a sure and real death,utilize the time and space. Ethics, morals and socialism dictates what we do and who we are in that time.

Death is an inevitable fate for all living beings. It’s an aspect of life that can be hard to deal with, and the ability to overcome the fear of this unavoidable event can be difficult when it comes to knowing the reality of your fate in an

We often tell Honeycomb that there are surprises he never knew he was going to get. So of course, I am sure there are bucket list items that we never knew we always wanted to do. That's where you come in. If you have an idea for our bucket list, send it our way. Who knows, your awesome adventures could make our list.

Some people don't realize how simple, yet complicated life is, that the point of it is not to ‘lose or win or become successful', but to die knowing that you have lived your life to the maximum and get the satisfaction from that. That you have created and destroyed, that you lived and the sun shone on you, and most importantly, that you left a footprint behind you.