Greetings Everyone,
( This is my 5th speech at Toastmasters I hope you enjoy it)
This month we had a sudden tragedy with the sudden passing of
a 55 years old man an acquaintance of mine. Just a few hours before this person was leading a normal life and suddenly without warning he
was taken away from us.
The pain is indescribable for the family members and
all those close to him are in a state of shock.
Such a tragedy has the power to jolt
a person back to reality that we are all here for a certain period of time and
the end of that time can come without notice.
True in most circumstances there
is some warning that trouble lies ahead, but that doesn’t change the outcome
that we are all born with a time watch ticking in our hands.
Now I’m always struggling with the subject of death and how
people react to terrible news or tragedy.
Sometimes the indifference of people, even while standing at a funeral they seem not to see the seriousness of the minute and can’t seem to stop cracking jokes and talking.
On the other hand
there are those who cannot stop crying and they can’t seem to continue to function properly .
So I sat down to decipher and to understand is there a
secret message that death and tragedy is trying to convey.
Now I’m going to read
your minds, is Pinny a rabbi? is he now going to give a sermon about going to heaven? no
guys my passion is helping average people reach their true potential and I felt
this issue needs to be discussed, especially in this day and age almost
all the breaking news has some story of tragedy or grief, and basically one of
two things happen.
- We become immune to real sadness that is happening around us
- Our lives or full of sadness and negativity and this could be the reason 95% of us don’t reach even close to their full potential
Well for starters, our emotions are powerful and very
important, joy, sadness, happiness, grief all of these affect the complete
person, that’s why when a person experiences great joy or sadness it’s common to
express the feeling by putting a hand on the heart because these emotions are
felt through the whole body.
That’s why a lesson we receive while we’re in a very emotional state leave their marks on very deep level,
So if we can take this message of tragedy sadness and turn in to a message of hope and inspiration how wonderful would that be.
I will list a bunch
of points the message of death is trying to convey
- It's reminding you to watch on your health
- To look and see if there is anything in the deceased that you would like to emulate or What don't you want to emulate
- Life is short, make use of the time you have to make a difference
Death is a time of contemplation, thought and evaluation, it
is a time to be reborn, a time to better our life so when our time comes it
will find us complete and content and proud of our venture in this world.
So next time you turn on the news and hear the next tragedy,
take out your magic wand and turn that unfortunate situation into one of hope
and inspiration and the tragedy wouldn’t have been in vain.
all the best
Pinny
