I want to die while I'm still alive
19 April 2007, 11:31 by Jimmy Sie
Reading a book by Paulo Coelho – “Like the Flowing River” is really a great investment of my time. It’s the kind of book that’ll make you think about your life, but at the same time it also entertains you with the stories.
I haven’t finished the book yet, just started two days ago. This week I’ve began to read more books and try to fulfill my reading commitment with another book that I’ve promised to finish reading despite some difficulties I have. The problem is that the other book, titled “城裡的月光”, – yes! you guessed it right – is in Chinese. Nevertheless I’ve determined to finish reading it.
Sitting here in one of my favorite Starbuck outlet, I’ve just finished a bit of the few things I’ve planned to do. Continue my programming on one of the projects I’m working for my client, read a bit of Coelho’s book, and soon I will continue my reading on the Chinese book.
Writing this blog entry however, was not planned. After reading the chapter titled “My Funeral” of Coelho’s book, somehow I feel the urge to write. And there’s one very interesting sentence that I like. It’s the sentence that the writer would want to be written of him after he die. “He died while he was still alive”. What an inspiring phrase. As I think about it, I would want to die while I’m still alive, too. What a waste of time and what a great pity if I have stopped living long before I die.
I will just hope and pray that I’ll remember to live each and every day of my life living out the purpose of my existence as destined and planned by my Creator.
