What would you do when you're faced with death?

We know the five stages of grief; something most people would go through when diagnosed with death.

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

No one wants to die but death is imminent, except for two person in the bible, Enoch and Elijah ( both names starting with E... hmmm ) sometimes we would have to think, what do we want in life? Is there a purpose? Living without a purpose is torture, isnt it? I think so, it might be relaxing but sooner or later, you would find it boring, you would wake and want something more, something different and if you had no purpose, you would have no idea what action to take.

When someone is faced with death or cancer, as everyone is fearful of now, would we want to have chemotherapy and radiotherapy and all that? Even now as a medical student, I've been reading of the futility of all these treatments. I'm not saying "OMG We should all despair! Cancer! Curses!" but look at our lives. Would living out whatever remaining time left be enough? Are you happy when you look back at your life? Has it been fruitful? But perhaps there is something more you want out of life? Is there? A goal u wan to achieve? A wedding of your children you want to be there for? The birth of your grandchild? Then go ahead! Fight on! There is always hope, without hope humanity would not survive.

I guess what i'm trying to say here in a nutshell is "Think about death and life, and figure out your path onwards based on your goals and whether you have achieved them or not."

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