Long live life while life is life!

From a very young age, I have seen death pass before my eyes time and time again. As a nurse and doctor, I have seen many sick people. Some have arrived suddenly ill, while others have been ill for a long time but arrive with no vital signs.

I have seen human beings arrive at hospitals in many forms, and it's sad to see. But when it comes to providing health care, no matter how a living being arrives, they are treated accordingly.

I learned to cover up my feelings, to become strong in the face of human pain. But the human side is always there. The pain of departure is seeing a loved one suffer when a family member leaves. The heart cannot be closed to pain. It disturbs the psyche.

I was trained in this environment. Since I was 15 years old, I have seen death come and go again and again. Strangers, some not so strange, adults, children, babies, unborn babies, the elderly.

Now that I am a senior citizen, almost 70 years old, I look around and see only memories of loved ones. Many friends and many family members have passed away. Others are on the brink.

They say life is short, but I have so many memories of loved ones who have been gone for many years, and I don't think life is short at all. We have pigeonhole life into hours, ages, and years, and we let so many hours pass by on things that leave us with nothing to learn.

Having fun, sharing, celebrating with the people we love, friends, family, strangers—those moments are what we need to feel that we are still alive. That we are not part of that group that has already moved on to another level.

We wait for our time to come, calmly and joyfully. We don't know when it will come. In the moments when I feel sad thinking about all those who have already left, I stop to think that, for some unknown reason, they have gone first.

I am certain that I, too, will leave at some point, so I respectfully honor the lives of those who have already left, but above all, I celebrate with enthusiasm that I still share with the people I love and with whom I can share.

We are living beings fulfilling vital functions: being born, reproducing, and dying. In addition to doing things that other living beings cannot do, such as doing good and remaining upright in the face of life.

Long live life while life is life!

The photograph is my property taken with the Redmi Note 9 and the banner is made with the Canva application.