Death: What’s your take

Just when you think you've heard enough bad news for the year another comes in. The death of a student in my faculty brought a sad cloud over every faculty and department's group chat. Every day people die and so many are given birth to. We don’t care about either of the 2 until they happen to someone close to us.

The joy a baby brings is incomparable and the sorrow death brings can be devastating. While everyone was in a mourning state. Someone asked a question "What’s death? And is death final?"

This simple question led to arguments in the group. I got confused because of the different opinions. I asked for permission to share some of the students' opinions in an article and they all agreed. The earnings from this article will go to the deceased family.

Favour

Is death the final step for every man or is there life after death? So many people focus more on this, they think of what will happen to them after death and fear death instead of living life freely, but what do we really know about death? Many people say that when you die, your body goes back to your mother earth, there is no life after death just a cycle of birth, life and death.

I believe this too. We die and reincarnate in another century and place. That's why we sometimes feel like we know someone or we've done something before from our other life. So death isn't the final stop.

Chike

Death is something that was evolved by our ancestors to make us afraid, and today death has become a thing that everyone is afraid of.

They know there comes a day when death will be experienced by everyone, so they started preparing for it before their death. Some even leave their old and worn-out things or their house, thinking that they had abandoned everyone while they were alive. They don't want anyone struggling to find them or get those things back.

All I'm saying is Death comes as no surprise to them so we should also prepare for death but don't be afraid.

Timileyin

(Many agreed with her)

What if there is another life after death? What if after death, you will be free from all the pain and frustrations here on earth? Death is a natural process of life. It's nothing but a transformation from one form to another. The only difference here is that we can't see it as we can't see someone changing from a caterpillar into a butterfly. But we have seen people changing from a baby into an adult, from a small kid into a teenager, from an old person into the sand. So there are changes in all these stages of life and one more change exists in the form of death, which is the last stage of life.

Ahmed

(Gave a controversial take which led to fights and arguments)

Man's greatest enemy is death. Death is the final stop, there's no coming back after death. No one was ever resurrected from the tomb. Nobody knows what happens to a person that dies, whether he will go to heaven or hell, whether he will be reincarnated as a spirit, animal or man.

Bukky

(This also raised a lot of argument)

There's life after death. We have heaven and we have hell. What we do here on earth will determine where we go after dying. That's why christ came to the world to save us all.

We should learn from our friend's untimely death and give our life to christ before it’s too late.

Tunde

When you think of death, what do you feel? Do you pray, do you cry? Or do you just laugh it off? Death stares us in the face every day; it is inevitable. You don't need to wait till someone dies before you feel sorry for him or her. Start feeling sorry right now! You don't want to die alone and sad, waiting for the last moment to call your friends and family.

Sorry for all those people who died poorly surrounded by luxury at the age of 90. Coming to terms with death and trying to find peace with it is just a waste of life. To live life fully means living without fear and regrets. You only have this life, you can't rely on after-life for salvation safe keeping.

Death is always lurking in the shadows of our daily lives from cradle to grave. It has very little to do with how we live our daily lives.

Conclusion

This is just a little out of the numerous idea everyone has about death. I disagree with some but I can’t force my opinion on people, especially those who already have their minds made up.

However, one thing I can say we all had the same thought on is that "people shouldn't let the fear of death stop them from living a happy life. Enjoy every day as if it's the last but without fear that it is the last. Be grateful that you're alive and try to live a life of impact.

Thanks for Reading! 👻💚😱