I stumbled on the above picture and I felt awfully sad and sorry for whoever has this as their ambition; statement as their last words. What made it worse was how the lady in the picture laughed so much thinking her life’s goal is enviable which in my opinion is pitiful. Don’t get me wrong, I am not an advocate of a wretched life, No!!! When I die I will have more than a million dollar saved somewhere for my grandchildren and for charitable course, but to have that as my last word! That is wretched (deserving or inciting pity, of very poor quality or condition).
The purpose of this post is to get you to think and share as a comment what you would like your last words to be. Below I share some famous last words I searched up on Google.
- Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) – Thank God, I have done my duty.
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Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) – Let me go to the house of the Father.
- Roman Emperor – I live!
- General William Erskine – Now, why did I do that?, (after he jumped from a window in Lisbon)
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Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902) – So little done, so much to do.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) – Tell them I’ve had a wonderful life.
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Sir Francis Bacon (1561–1626) – For my name and memory, I leave it to men’s charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages.
- Michael Faraday – “I shall be with Christ, and that is enough.”
- Byron, Lord (1788-1824) – “Goodnight.”
- Fox, Charles James (1749-1806) – “I die happy.”
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Ethel Barrymore – Is everybody happy? I want everybody to be happy. I know I’m happy.
While I am definitely not saying any of the above is a perfect or pitiful last words. They communicated different significant messages.
Post as a comment what you want/wish your last words are. I’ll go first; Goodbye world, I have lived, behold, I live on (in a better place).
I will be waiting to see yours.
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I hope my last words would be “By HIS grace, I lived a life of love, the only true element that changed the world; and now, I return to the land of unending love. I pray you do likewise.”
Besides, I believe the picture was intended to be a joke though.
LOVE!!! The only thing worth living for and at the same time dying for. Nice one
“I ran my race by the grace of God”
So much depth in those few words
Now I go to rest,I av fought a good fight of faith.I am fulfilled. Good bye world
I am fulfilled!!! Gives the sound of a peaceful passing on, having done all you can do. Thanks for sharing Amarachi 🙂
Hmmm. Never really thought of it.
The words that came to my mind are;
“I have fought the good fight,
I have stayed the course.”
Does it really matter though?
I think it does matter, maybe not in the saying, but it speaks volume, what you soen your life on, whether you consider yourself to have lived your best, and many others. I can see you took a queue from Paul.
Hope 2 say: I conquered self; by extension d world.
Hmmm 🙂
“There’s not a day left for me to live because now…I die empty”. That’s exactly how I want my life to end. 🙂
Hmmm….I like this