Here's something you can spend some time thinking about...

I've been reading a lot of books lately.. and by that i mean A LOT.
I guess that's because I have more free time on my hands now.
One of the books was called Mitch Albom - The Five People You Meet In Heaven.
A friend of mine actually recommended another book by him, but after reading the summaries written on the back covers, I decided that I'll read this one first.
All in all, it's a very good book.. I really liked it
Anyway.. the purpose of this post is not to promote the book.. and No, I have not been secretly recruited as their newest salesperson to bump up their sales.
It is this particular paragraph written on the first page of the book that I wanted to talk about:

"Everyone has an idea of heaven, as do most religions, and they should all be respected. The version represented here is only a guess, a wish, in some ways, that my uncle, and others like him - people who felt unimportant here on earth - realise, finally, how much they mattered and how they were loved"

I really like this paragraph... for a number of reasons
Have you ever thought about your own death? I mean.. I have never actually thought about it.. not that I'm scared of it. Actually, I wouldn't know. I guess it's one of those things that I'd rather not think about.. one of those things I'd rather brush aside.. One of those topics that I'm afraid that if I start thinking about it, I'll open up the doors to many other emotional things, to many questions which is quite impossible to find the answers to.

But what I HAVE thought about is this.. what if i die? would it make any difference at all?
Have I done anything that can be remotely considered as important? Have I actually made an impact to this world? to other people - strangers or otherwise?
Many times I would come up with 'no, probably not'
Then I start asking other questions.. if i die, will people feel sad? how many are actually gonna miss me? or is it going to be the case where one hears the news from another and immediately dismiss it by saying 'oh really? that's awful.. hey what are you doing tonight?'
how many are going to turn up to the funeral? how are they going to find out in the first place?
i mean.. admit it.. there are some people we know - who don't hang out in our "group of buddies" or see 5 days a week at our place of work that they'll actually realise if we don't turn up to work for 3 straight days - but we'd like to consider them as part of our lives.. to know know that they care, that they'll turn up to our funeral.. how are they going to find out?
Seriously.. do people read obituaries nowadays? as a matter of fact, do people actually physically read newspapers nowadays?

Anyway.. this post is quite different from my previous entries
Lately it's just some random post.. of jokes or riddles or quiz results
These things have actually crossed my mind before.. like u know.. before u fall asleep.. that's when u think about things the most - random/otherwise.. thats when great/stupid ideas come surfacing.. and this train of thought was one of them.
But when I read that paragraph... it's like... "wow.. i bet there are more people like me out there who thinks about this stuff".
So yeah.. after reading this post.. I can assure you that i'm not turning into a philosopher .. or any kind of a thinker of any kind.. believe me.. - actually.. those of u that have known me for quite some time now will probably have realised this by now - I'm not that sophisticated of a person
LOL