Death - Cessation of mortal life
Currently, I am in the comfort of my home, enjoying (at least trying to) every moment of my holidays. Everyday is just so normal. Today, i spent some time to watch my sister’s hamsters playing in their cage. I didn’t know that it is so amusing to see them running around, biting each other. But, the most entertaining part is to watch the furry-ball-shaped-animal running and tiring itself out on the running wheel. Round and round it goes. The wheel is round (obviously). A circle…a never ending line. dot to dot connected to form a circle.
Circle…It is just today that I start to ponder about the so-very-famous-always-quoted phrase “The Circle of Life”.My cousin will be another monthe older tomorrow, my sister is down with chicken pox and I have to take care of her since my parents not in, and for a weekend I have to carry the burden of a parent, a maid and a driver as well. It was just last-last month that I received a shocking news about a tragic death of a friend in an accident- and today, another news about death; an old friend (who used to be my classmate for several years) died of cancer.
All these really made me to think about the circle of life. At the starting point- birth; we were born to this world, grew up, bear responsibilities, mature physically and mentally, had a great, long (though some may be short) journey of life. Somehow everything will end with death- cessation of mortal life. I don’t know wether the journey really end there or not, therefore it is a question that remained to be unanswered. Life is neither short nor long for me. Last time, in my dictionary of life, I defined life as a battle. A battle to be fought and when one can’t win, one might just give it up. Somehow, lately, with the facts of death dawning on me especially concerning the people I know, it really shift my paradigm of definition.
Well, I don’t know why I am so kinda-sentimental today-maybe it’s the weather (I am not sure also). But seeing the rainbow from my own yard today was SO amazing- it is beautiful…like the gate of heaven (don’t be surprised with my choice of words okay- it was just the first few words that came to my mind when I saw it because it had been ages that I saw a rainbow so beautiful like that)…truly an awesome sight!
At least the view of the rainbow kinda cheered me up. Restoring my mood and reminding me that God still have beautiful things in store for me. But, now it’s raining again…guess it’s tears from heaven-crying for what, I don’t know. Somehow for the Dusun people when a death occur and it’s raining after that; it’s called “humalu” which shows that the sky is also weeping…Superstitions? I do not know yet it is a belief that some people still hold on to.
