Reflections on Life and Death

It is this that is the test that all of us are being put to. In this test, people who succeed are those who think more about death than life and who consider everything that they have as a gift of God. It is these people who pass the examination of life. In contrast, those who do not acknowledge God and who have forgotten death fail the examination of life.

Old Age M an first experiences childhood, then youth, then middle-age, and then, after that, old age. Old age is the last possible stage for anyone in this present world, because the next stage after it is death. In this sense, old age is a sort of ‘prior notice’ of one’s impending death. In old age, the organs of the body become weak, and some of them even stop functioning. This is a sign that the moment of death is coming near. It is, one could say, a compulsory reminder of death. Old age makes one stand at the mouth of one’s grave. If your mind is alert and awake, when you enter old age you will know that very soon, the moment of your death will arrive and that you will then be brought before God to account for your life on earth. In this way, the experience of old age can truly shake you up. It can remind you of the Hereafter. Old age tells man that his journey does not stop