Live As If You Were To Die Tomorrow Analysis

Gandhi once said "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." I believe this quote is trying to tell us that we should live life to the fullest. We should live as if we thought that we were going to die at any moment. However, we should continue to learn as if we will never stop living. This quote tells us to be spontaneous, but yet to keep our intelligence growing.
The most important key to live as if I were to die tomorrow is to live with spontaneity. If I was told that I was going to die tomorrow, I would immediately book a plane to anywhere I could. Now, I am not saying that is how we should live every day, but that is how spontaneous I would be if I was going to die tomorrow. To be more realistic, I am spontaneous in small ways in everyday life. Sometimes I will spontaneously decide to go over to my friend’s house to see if they want to hang out. I will also driving somewhere, but then in the spur of the moment decide to go somewhere completely …show more content…
A teacher can tell you something hundreds of times but that does not mean that you have learnt it. It simply means that you can memorize it. Back in high school, I had this one physics teacher who refused to give us any answers at all. If we asked him a question, he would reply with another, or he would just lie. Sometimes he would try to stir us in the right direction, but he never gave us the answer. He understood that giving us the answers will not teach us anything. He understood that if we wanted to know the answer, and if we found it ourselves, only then would we learn it. It was extremely frustrating at the time, but when I found the answer myself, it was a moment of pure bliss. It felt amazing to learn about the world around. I never forgot anything I learnt in his class. Intelligence is an amazing tool to have. Not only does it feel great to achieve, it is also a tool that will help you in