Life is like death , you don't know when you come in nor when you leave the earth. A beam of sun flashes on you face and you think the whole day will be brigher. And as long as the day goes by, a dark cloud suddenly coming from nowhere, shed its choking smoke on you face. All of a sudden, anguish, anxiety, sadness and other related emotions settle you. A closest friend just called me around 2.pm to inform me that he has just received money from an insurance company as being the contribution of the company as the result of the death of his mother. As I picked up the phone , I could hear him sobbing, and immediately he utterred: "How can I receive money from this insurance company as ........" I suddenly guessed his state of mind all about and felt sad. I could remember the intimacy between him and his late mother. This was broken an evening friday , 13 oct 2006 when she passed away in a car accident in a high way. When he started talking again , he asked me what was the essence of this money? This amount of money, he would have spent it in a heartily way in case his late was found with a disease or facing any other difficulties but now...it was painful. He was planning to send it back when I advised him to use it for the purchuse of books, exercice books, pens, pencils of his younger brothers and sisters since school will resume in one week. I let him know that his mother'soul will be glad if the money is used in a worthy manner and it will the best way to honour her soul. After listening to me carefully, he breathed profoundly and from the bottom of his heart he said " thank you and may GOD bless you" . When he put down the phone a drop of tear ran suddenly on face and a cloud of sadness and joy filled up my heart.
I want to find out from you what is the essence of life?