The hypothetical scenario question is what would you do in the short 60 minutes left if an asteroid was about to hit the Earth and you only had 60 minutes left to live…
The survey results showed:
- 54% of the UK population said they would stay close to or talk on the phone with their loved ones;
- 13% of people would accept the impending consequences with a glass of Champagne;
- 9% chose to spend that time on “sex”;
- 3% would pray;
- 2% said they would eat fatty foods that they normally avoid;
- 2% stated they would engage in destructive actions and the remaining percentages provided other opinions…
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Have we ever asked ourselves this question?
Indeed, in a fragile and unstable world, any disaster caused by nature or by humans can happen at any time. We cannot know for certain what will happen tomorrow and even less what will happen to us in the next hour…
Impressed by the survey, I often ask this question to my young colleagues and once I brought this question to an online social forum of young people and asked them. And I received many interesting answers…
The absolute majority of young people said they would spend this precious last time with their loved ones or do things that in normal life, despite having many opportunities, they haven’t had time to do…
I’m really curious why the majority of people and myself, when asked again, have the same thought of waiting until the end to spend this precious time with their loved ones?. Is there anything more valuable than that sacred and final moment. That’s enough to show our love to our loved ones. No matter how we explain it, it’s easy to see that human relationships are the most important thing above money, material possessions and fame in everyday life… And perhaps because people are attracted to and pursuing immediate needs on a daily basis, they forget the most important thing for themselves, it is possible that at some point we suddenly permanently lose the chance to accomplish…
Then on the train back home at the end of the year, in the rhythmic sound of the round iron wheels rolling on the railway. Sitting opposite me was an elderly monk. Taking advantage of the long remaining journey, I initiated a conversation and asked the monk what he would do in the last 60 minutes… The monk meditated for a moment, then said thoughtfully: “Each of us has very different karmic power, if we wait until that time it is too late… Why wait until the last second to startle, panic and wonder what we should do… My land is delicate but full of beauty and attraction, not realizing that the important thing in life is just that we don’t know how to enjoy our own presence… If we know how to enjoy what is happening inside us, around us, we will not lose anything… Everything is already present now and here, the important thing in life is nothing more than what is present… When we regularly practice the presence and enjoyment of life now and here, we will not need to search for anything else and there will be no last moment…”
And right at that moment, I looked out the train window. The pure light of a new day was shining down on the peaceful fields… The innocent wheat buds immersed themselves in the early sunshine. The train was still rumbling on, creating winds that swayed the new wheat branches on both sides. The rice grains reflected the sunlight, creating beautiful and extraordinary golden lights, a beauty that I seem to have never experienced before…
What will you do in the last 60 minutes of your life?
That is the question posed by a Western news agency in a public opinion poll conducted among a large number of people in the United Kingdom.
Best New Year Wishes with 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 Words: Meaningful and Inspiring
Even though three-word Tet wishes are short, concise, they convey beautiful and profound Tet wishes, containing sincere emotions when sent to loved ones in the beginning of the new year. Let’s take a look right away!
