Death And Suffering

Trying to grasp the suffering of Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghanis, Acehnese and all other dispossessed societies of this world is really overwhelming and disqueting for me. It is beyond my understanding to know what goes in their minds and how they carry on living the way they are. As in the case of Palestinians, living under occupations for the last century or so........must be an extremely ordeal that they must bear. It was estimated that during the beginning of the war in Iraq, approximately 13,000 Iraqis lost their lives, mostly by US bombing or as an indirect results of it.

As Indonesians, I see we are killing our own brothers or sisters in Aceh until now, in the name of relinquishing terrorism/insurgencies. I apologize if I cannot mention others, for I am sure this is happening as well. It just seems that Death dances with them every day, closer than we are.We really MUST be grateful for what we have, no matter how small it is. Every day is a precious moment that we have to continually remind ourselves to exert love, passion, understanding and care toward others. From time to time, we need to contemplate about those who are suffering and dying, so we can emphatize better as humans, at least if we cannot do anything about it.

This Islam holy month should become the time that we contemplate and make us do our best to improve as human beings. Let us all challenge ourselves, raise ourselves and race to become better persons. The only "harm" it will do is making this world a little better place, at least for those who share it close with us.As for death itself, well, it is the only thing certain in life. Everyone knows it, but as most of the case, we tend to "forget" that we will die. We seem to remember more of "living a thousand years" part of the Prophet's saying, but not the "die tomorrow" part of it. Death is a constant reminder how short our existence is, and perhaps in some way, of saying that we need to make better use of the remaining life that we have.

The ultimate mystery in life, something that has been discussed for as long as civilization goes.Boy, do I sound like preaching :) as is always the case, this reminder is going to be foremost for me, as opposed to those who will read this article

Observation from online reading of the news.