Many of us are celebrating the holidays with family and friends this week. It is one of the happiest time of the year. But at the very same week there are someone somewhere in this world suffering or experiencing the toughest time of their lives.

These are news I came across during the past few days.

Grandpa Died Trying to Save Girls in Fire.
A Texas Teen Died from Heart Condition Leaving a Message Behind

My coworker lost her friend, a single mom with 4 children, to cancer just one month after the diagnosis. Fortunately that all of them are in their 20's-30's. But she will no longer be a part of a next chapter of their lives.

Just like when my sister and I lost our parents in 2007 and 2010.


So when are we ready to give our lives ?

Is it when we feel we have lived a full life ? What is our definition of a "full" life ? Everyone definitely has their own definition. What is yours ? Are you living it or do you feel you just exist ?

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. - Mark Twain

Is it when you want to sacrifice your life for your loved ones ? Just like the man trying to save his granddaughters from the fire. Or is it when you are prepared ? Just like a soldier or the Texas teen in the news.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. - Leonardo Da Vinci

Life is a journey. It might be long. It might be short. It might be big. It might be small. But what matters is we have to define it. Your life is your journey. Feel the moments we walk in. Feel other's lives we touch. Appreciate the difference. Make it worth living. We never know when we will lose it.

Our birth is nothing but our death begun. - Edward Young