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Reflective Essay About Death

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Death is the inevitable and unavoidable conclusion in life but a word that never comes to my mind. Before 18, I have never encountered anyone’s funeral or losing anyone in my family. After attending the first ever funeral, I realized the fragility of life and the feeling of losing someone. However, as time pass, I also have a grasp of other kinds of understanding towards death. The word “death” by a typical dictionary meaning would be seen negative as the ending of one’s life, on the other hand, it can also see as positive as it could be a reliever and even a new beginning for one or their family.
The typical death symbolic the end of the life of a person and consternation towards his/her surrounding. Anyone, no matter how the relationship is between each other, they might be there today and gone next day. We all never going to know when is our turn, all we know is that it will happen someday. Just like my uncle, he was only in …show more content…

Many people that include me having the misconception that we have plenty of time so enjoy while we can. We all neglect the fact that time waits for no one and as how unexpected the future may be if we do not allocate our time wisely, we might lose the chance to do what we want or even treasure those that we cherish about. People always said that only near to death, we will flash back our life and start to regret. Attending my uncle’s funeral was the most intimate distance with death in my life, at such as young age, having adorable sons yet spending all his time working but not with his family. Through this incident, I started to reflect on my life and realized that things in life should not be taken for granted. I began to treasure the time with my family more, rather than intoxicated in my dramas and variety shows. For that reason, death might be the most impactful way to allow someone to reflect and make changes to the way they

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