100 THINGS I WON'T DO BEFORE I DIE

100 things i won't do before i die

Why do people want to do, try, and see everything before they die?

Is it thinking that death is the end?

If death is not the end but the beginning, shouldn't people review the things they said they would never do before they die?

What are the things we say "never" to in life?

When we turn these into "I wonder", can there be things that will take us better than yesterday?

For example, making amends. What if making amends with people we say "I will never talk to him! He made a mistake and he will pay the price!" is our cure? What if it is the antidote to our grudge?

A person who says "I can't go to a course or anything else from now on. How old am I, what else can I learn? Let people come and learn about life from me"... What if the cure is to break this arrogance?

Or a mother who always wants her own way and when it doesn't happen, causes problems for her son, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law... If she stopped making decisions on behalf of others and accepted the ideas of others... What if the cure is to get rid of dominance?

“I can’t wake up in the mornings… Morning walks are not for me at all, I can’t sacrifice my sleep for walking!” says someone… What if the sleep he will sacrifice will be the cure for the panic attack he has been trying to get rid of for years?

A person should live such a life that when he learns that he has the last 6 months of his life, he should be able to say “I will continue to live the same life again.” A life where he says “I will continue to do the same things I am doing today in the last 6 months of my life”…

How can that be possible? Are there people living like this?

Yes, there are! If we ask a few, if not many, we will see those people who have cared more about the problems of others than their own, who have become the burden takers instead of being a burden, who walk among us with a smile and light on their faces… What do they do to be ready for death as if they will die tomorrow, but still active, lively, alive and happy in life as if they will never die?

A person knows that they will die but they do not accept it. We always think that those who lie in cemeteries have always been there. They never think that they once had a life, that they struggled to have something, that they gave up, that they fell and got back up. They act as if cemeteries are only places for those lying in graves.

If it weren’t so, would a doctor who said “You have 6 months left to live” say “What are you saying, doctor! It can’t happen!”? We accepted that everyone will die one day? Why do we panic?

Do people who are close to death really think about what they didn’t do before they died, or do they think about the regrets, delays, and mistakes they made while they were alive?

A person knows they will die but they don’t really accept it.

The issue is not what I will do before I die, but the things I gave up and avoided before I died, the things I said I would never do.

So how can I notice the behaviors, choices, giving ups and avoidances that will heal me? How can I realize that mistakes are mistakes, regrets are regrets, and shame is shame, and get rid of my burdens before I die?