Live, Love, and Die Right - Collateral Beauty

Collateral Beauty is an awesome movie that touches your very soul. It is centered on how to find yourself all over again after a terrible tragedy. However, most importantly it reveals the Love-Death-Time existential triangle that connects every human being.

• Love - We long for love
• Time - We wish we had more time.
• Death - We fear death.

Collateral Beauty also draws examples to various peoples lives to make us question whether we are living right, using our time wisely,  and even dying right. Well, in reality with every passing moment we are spending time. Time once spent can never be bought back. Therefore, the question "why" should always linger in our minds. You should always question as to why you do things to get down to the actual motive, question whether it is worth it, and then question as to how you could do things better.

• Why did I do or say that?  
• Did I do or say that to keep up with society? 
• Did I do or say that to shine among my peers?
• Did I do or say that out of anger or hurt?
• Did I do or say that out of jealously or revenge?

• How can I do or say things better?
• Q: Do I need to always care as to what society will think?
  A: Follow your conscious and instincts
• Q: Do I have a good balance between work and life?
  A: Family is important just as much as work.
• Q: Does it make sense to voice or show my emotions instantly?
  A: Take a fraction of a second to evaluate the moment before reacting.
• Q: Do I benefit from not forgiving and forgetting?
  A: Life is too short to hold grudges so payback only with kindness.

Life is like a game of musical chairs, everyday is a rat race where we hardly have time to stop and ponder on things, and then one day the ultimatum strikes when it is least expected. Try to live right with every passing day, so that when it is your time to sign out, you will not have any regrets.

What are your thoughts on Love, Time, and Death? Are you using your time wisely? Are you ready for death when it is your turn?

In case you want to ponder further, here in an awesome writeup that I stumbled upon, which has profound thoughts on Love, Time, and Death.

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