I myself and my wife – in order to escape the disgrace of deposition or capitulation – choose death. It is our wish to be burnt immediately on the spot where I have carried out the greatest part of my daily work in the course of a twelve years’ service to my people.-Adolf Hitler.
To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?
George Eastman,inventor.
http://www.smashinglists.com/suicide-notes-from-10-famous-people/
You may notice that out of 10 ,8 were creative people others are idealists.
When you feel you have done what you have intended to achieve, you stare at void,life loses its charm and there seems to be no joy in living.
This is not the correct attitude.
The purpose of Life is to live, period.
Setting goals is fine but one must remember that Life is not about realizing our goals alone,it is about Living, feeling not about rationalizing .Life is a comedy to those who feel and a tragedy to those who think.
When we set goals, we have two outcomes,you realize or you don’t.
In the case of the former, life becomes meaningless to you,in the latter you become frustrated.
The knack is setting goals that are partially achievable and not fully; at the same time not impossibly tough to achieve.
On consideration, what does achievements achieve,
Name? Fame/ or better life for others?
Does it matter once you are gone?
take all the achievers from Alexander the Great to Einstein?
What has it done to them?
Fame and recognition for a fraction of a second in the Time scale of the Universe.
We presume in our arrogance that what we think we achieve furthers Humanity in some field.it is nothing but arrogance.Universe is not because of us but despite us.
We should know we are limited and our purpose is to live,love and feel without hurting others and be contented.
Related article.
A 35-year-old intellectual wrote a 1900+ page suicide note touching upon historical, religious, and nihilist themes. And his mom probably didn’t even read the whole thing. Apparently he shot himself in the head on the steps of the Harvard Memorial Church in front of a tour group of 20 people.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/the-suicide-note-tome