Tuesday, September 11
As most of you probably must know now, the world's most famous tenor in the modern age has passed on from a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Fondly known as the "Maestro", one third of "The Three Tenors", Luciano Pavarotti,graced the hearts of many throughout his illustrious career as an opera singer. Despite his infidelities, he was still regarded as the best opera singer from Italy since Caruso. But, for me , the best thing that I learnt from him was to be grateful for what you already have and not ask for more than what you required.
He was so highly regarded in not only in the opera world, but in the world scene as a whole. A person remarked that once he opened his mouth, the hair on his back would stand up, signifying how inspiring and powerful harmonious melodies could be if we appreciate it. He once said,if he had touch just one person with his voice to embrace the melodious operatic songs of Verdi, it would be all worth it.
Anyways, I am sure all of you have your own personal dealings with death, be it with your family members, or friends even. Sometimes it is hard to accept fate but we can be sure that one would be in a better place, free from all hardships and pain as well as suffering. For those who have dealt with the loss of a loved one, it is painful but take comfort in the fact that your relative or friend has passed on and is looking down on you with pride.
"We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death." ~David Sarnoff
Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life. ~Albert Einstein
In any man who dies there dies with him
his first snow and kiss and fight....
Not people die but worlds die in them.
~Yevgeny Yevtushenko, "People"
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. ~Norman Cousins
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
God made death so we'd know when to stop. ~Steven Stiles
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. ~John Muir
( Special thanks to http://www.quotegarden.com/death.html for the quotes)
Death knocking on our doorstep, but we should not be afraid for nothing can take us away from the life we are living. If we live life to the fullest, we would live happily and with a smile on our faces:)
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