The tragedy and the heroism

Human life in general is tragic. We are all sailing towards death. There is no denying it. From the moment we are born, we are dying bit by bit. And we are the only animal who knows that it is dying..... and yet, in the face of this undeniable and irrefutable death, we build lives, make families, make love, have children, laugh and dance and celebrate and make merry.

That is the heroism of human beings. That is the heroism of life, that despite inescable death, still smiles in the face of death. That is why I respect homo sapiens, it is the only animal on this planet that knows it will die sooner or later, and there is no escape, and yet despite that, it struggles, it builds, it writes, it composes symphonies, and it tries to be happy.