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A Short Conversation Between Life and Death: Part 2
A Year in the Death 1/22/21
I had planned to publish this on Friday, January 8 — only two days after Part 1. But as I mentioned in yesterday’s post, my computer died that day. So, I’m just posting it today. The good news is that this delay gave you plenty of time to contemplate the following short conversation between Life and Death (author unknown):
Life asked death, “Why do people love me but hate you?”
Death responded, “Because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth.”
In Part 1, I admitted that while I love this short vignette, I don’t agree with either half of Death’s response. Today, I’ll tell you why.
My problem with Death’s response is twofold.
First, life isn’t a lie. Like death, it is a truth. Both are objective biological states in that a creature is either living or dead. (Unless, of course, we’re taking a quantum-based multiverse or Schrodinger’s cat perspective…but that’s a discussion best left for another day.)
