How Prepared Are You For Death?

By Nkiru Ogbuli

What a weird question,  you might be wondering. But how weird is it really? People die everyday. Everyday, it hits closer home. Everyday we are reminded how fragile life really is and so, why do you think you are immune to death?

We could pray all we want, cast and bind all we want but I can assure you that most of the people who have gone before us did pray, cast and bind too. So I ask again, how prepared are you for death?

I am not going to delve into the afterlife, where we go after death and things like that. I want to believe your Pastors, Reverends and Imams have covered that area extensively, if not, what do you go to Churches and Mosques for?

It would be sad, I reckon, from the spirit world, if there’s anything like that, to look and see your hard-earned resources in the hands of someone you would not want to have access to them. It would be sad to see your loved ones languish in penury while your resources end up in the wrong hands because you didn’t make the necessary provisions for your possessions to be transferred to people you hold dear, simply because you weren’t prepared to die. So what have you put in place to prevent that from happening?

How you would want to be committed to mother earth is also something one should prepare for or at least give instructions to that effect. What ceremonies should take place? What should be excluded? Nobody is too young to die these days.

While we prepare for death, we should also remember to live life to the fullest. See the featured image if you are in doubt what living life to the fullest entails. In other words, do the things that make you happy especially when they hurt no one. Live how you would want to be remembered too.

We should talk about death more often. We should prepare for death. I believe that if we were so vocal about death and dying, it wouldn’t be so bold to take the best of us every now and then.

Tell us in the comments, in what littlest way have you prepared for death? May you live to see your children’s children. You shouted, “Amen” didn’t you? Lol.