The same thing applies, though the time frame may vary, to every ‘living’ thing. Yet our death is the single thing that is guaranteed in life. We know that depression increases with the onset of middle age. We know too that suicide rates are higher than ever before. We know too that people die unfulfilled, with many regrets and all too soon life is over. We know in our hearts that our struggles to survive and to accumulate, power or riches, do not make us happy. We know there is supposed to be more to life.
This is an empty life and a lack of meaning and depth in our day to day existence. What though if we were wrong? What if we have been looking down the wrong end of the telescope? What if we have let that fear of death control our lives? Might that fear prevent us from really living and celebrating life for what it could be? Isn’t it true also that many people are dissatisfied with their lives? This is not dissatisfaction based on lack of possessions or money. Our death is the single most unwelcome and feared event in our lives. We almost want to believe that we are invincible and will live forever. The truth is even if we feel mortal then that moment passes with our recovery. Perhaps we think about it when we reach a certain age, and perhaps we are confronted with it when serious illness strikes. We don’t deal with death until we have no further option, the loss of a loved one, an acquaintance, a family member. “You’re a long time dead,” as they say in Ireland. Perhaps, instead, we should think about it and what it means in our lives.
So our best solution to this uncomfortable topic is not to think about it, mention it, or even deal with it. The prospect of dying too painful to even think about. Our death is a subject with which we are distinctly uncomfortable. Is there one subject more unwelcome than death? Is there one word more feared and reviled, at least in Western Society? Death is the grim reaper, the final countdown, the end of life. It could also be used by a member of a group such as Toastmasters. It is suitable for any speaker to give either to students or to a general audience.
#In fact powered by ispeech full#
This speech persuades an audience that by fearing death they are stopping themselves from living a full and rich life.
0 kommentar(er)
