What is a LIFE LINE?
1. Here is a poetry on LIFE LINE from an unknown author. A good lesson on living a life
2. Here is a video of the importance of a LIFE Line in underwater cave diving. A good lesson from the Maldives cave accident - saving your own life
The Unknown author wrote:
Every minute… someone leaves this world.
Not only the old.
Not only the sick.
Not only the weak.
Someone. Somewhere.
Age has nothing to do with it.
Life does not always send a warning.
The truth is… we are all standing in a line.
A line we did not choose.
A line we cannot see the end of.
And the strange thing is… most of us don't even realize we are in it.
We wake up every morning thinking we have time.
Time to hate.
Time to fight.
Time to compete.
Time to prove we are better than someone else.
But the line is moving.
Quietly.
Patiently.
Relentlessly.
And every day… someone steps out of it.
We never know how many people are ahead of us.
We never know when our name will be called.
We cannot move to the back of the line.
We cannot step out of it.
We cannot pause it.
And no amount of money, power, fame, or connections can halt its progress.
So while we are still standing here… while our turn has not yet come…
Let us make peace.
Let us forgive.
Let us stop carrying the heavy bags of anger and hatred.
Let us do good.
Not tomorrow.
Not when it is convenient.
But now.
Let us tell the truth, even when lies seem easier.
Let us be honest, even when honesty comes at a cost.
Let us show kindness to people who may never be able to repay us.
Because one day — whether we like it or not — we will leave this world.
That is the one appointment no human being can cancel.
So what is the point of holding a grudge against someone who could leave tomorrow… or you could leave before them?
What is the point of destroying someone's life, sending a brother to prison, or plotting revenge… when neither of you truly controls tomorrow?
Why boast about money… when money has never stopped death?
Why boast about status… when titles disappear the moment life leaves the body?
Why deceive yourself with power and connections… when countless powerful people stood in this same line before you and still had to leave?
Why fight your own brother over land… when the earth itself will one day cover both of you?
Look around the world.
People fighting.
Families breaking.
Communities divided.
All for things that cannot follow us beyond the grave.
Evil often grows from ignorance.
Pride is the costume of foolishness.
Selfishness is the poverty of the soul.
But kindness… kindness is strength.
Compassion is wisdom.
And humanity is the greatest legacy a person can leave behind.
At the end of life, nobody asks how much money you had in your bank account.
They ask how many lives you touched.
They remember whether your presence brought peace… or pain.
Whether you lifted others up… or pushed them down.
Whether you built bridges… or burned them.
So while we are still alive…
While our hearts are still beating…
While our feet are still moving in this mysterious line called life…
Let us do good.
Let us love more.
Let us forgive faster.
Let us help those who cannot help themselves.
Let us use the little time we have… not only to build our lives…
But to uplift humanity.
Because when our turn finally comes…
And we step out of this line…
The only thing that will remain is the good we did for others.
May the Lord guide our hearts to what is right, forgive our shortcomings, fill our lives with sincere goodness, and grant us a beautiful ending when our time comes.
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The Maldives life line reflection here:
https://youtu.be/MqgzD6PS3kE?si=kt0Qdi4_lHFvemvo
MY reflections:-
INdeed our life is always on a line
It has the beginning and the end
The journey is never a straight line.
BUt one that turns and twist.
What is more important is how well we live on this line
Whichever part of the line we may be on
Knowing how to tag the beginning of the opening of the cave as we navigate into the dark, is a line that really can save my life
May the Lord be the perfecter of our faith
May He be always the life line that we follow and trust
Tag Him From the beginning to the end
Amen!
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Check out this song I made! CAVE ENTRANCE!
https://suno.com/s/ZNdZ12xbJmV9QY9z
Life is like a line—
There is a beginning, and there is an end we find.
Yet the journey between them is rarely straight or fine;
It turns and twists, it rises and falls through the passage of time.
What matters most is how we live along that line,
And whether our steps are guided by a purpose divine.
To mark the entrance of a cave before venturing into the darkness
Is wisdom that can save a life.
In the same way, we need a sure point of reference
As we navigate the winding path of life.
May the Lord be the Author and Perfecter of our faith.
May He always be the lifeline we follow and find,
The One we trust when the road is uncertain and the horizon undefined.
Let us hold fast to Him,
From the beginning to the end of the line.
