I wonder if this is right, or good advice. Since we know that it is inevitable, is it not better to prepare for it as best we can ?
“Forasmuch as all mortal men be subject to many sudden perils, dis-
eases, and sicknesses, and ever uncertain what time they shalt
depart out of this life; therefore, to the intent they may be always in
a readiness to die, whensoever it shall please Almighty God to call
them, . . . ” as the Book of Common Prayer has it . . .
Do not go gentle into that good night
Dylan Thomas – 1914-1953
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
