After we have lived our

 Lives, as we approach

Death, it is common to

Reexamine how our life went.

Did we live a successful life?

The end of life offers a unique

 Opportunity to do this, because

 At this time, the Ego (Self)

Loosens its influence on us,

And the Spirit becomes our

Predominant reviewer.

At this point in the cycle

Of life, it no longer matters

How much money we made,

The size of the house we

Lived in, the job we had,

Or anything else associated

With success, as dictated in

The world by the Ego.

We are all finally equal now

And we judge our success

Through a different prism:

That of the Spirit.

When we review our lives,

What we had thought was

Success often holds a

Different meaning now.

It is at this time, especially

During the last few days

Of our life, we come to the

Realization what we thought

Was important, really was not.

All the material things we

Accumulated, friends we had,

 Places we visited, jobs we

Worked, amount of money

We made, or any other

Comparison you can think

Of, which belongs in the

world in which we had

Lived, becomes meaningless.

It is at that moment, the moment

Where the Ego has minimal control

Over our actions and decisions,

The true meaning of life

Finally becomes evident.

It is then, despite how strongly

The Ego may have influenced

Our life before, the opportunity

To view our life in a

Different way presents itself.

At this time in our life,

Primarily viewing our lives

Through the eyes of our Spirit,

We may find we have many regrets.

We begin to understand the selfish

Pleasures in the world we had

Sought were not very important.

As death becomes evident,

We finally realize none of that matters.

When we die, unless our culture

Is like that of the ancient Egyptians,

Our body will be buried or cremated

And nothing we accumulated during

Our lifetime will accompany us.

Our body will then be placed

In a coffin or urn, just like

Every other person who dies,

Regardless of their stature or

Their lifetime accomplishments.

At that moment, just before

We die, we finally understand

We truly are all equal.

No one was ever better than another.

Race, money, prestige no longer matter.

As we get closer to our death,

 It becomes evident the path

The Ego had us follow to find

 Success and happiness may have not

Been the right path after all.

The fear, hatred, and prejudice

We once felt are no longer

Important to us, not because

We are going to die, but

Because it never did matter.

-Ken Luball-