"The Antidote To Death Is Life"

This week's Science Times had an interesting article about death, Perhaps Death Is Proud; More Reason to Savor Life.  It is written by a nurse who documents the struggle of trying to revive a patient who unexpectedly suffers a cardiac arrest and ultimately dies.

She concludes her article with a plea to live.  She writes

What can one do? Go home, love your children, try not to bicker, eat well, walk in the rain, feel the sun on your face and laugh loud and often, as much as possible, and especially at yourself. Because the only antidote to death is not poetry, or drama, or miracle drugs, or a roomful of technical expertise and good intentions. The antidote to death is life.

As we are now in the month of Elul, only several weeks away from Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, it is incumbent on us to reasses our lives and our priorities.  The author writes some "new year resolutions" for us, and we can all think of some more.  But the underlying point is we want to live.