Greetings dear friends, today I join another weekend experience to answer one of the proposals that @galenkp brings us for this #weekend-engagement Nº 157, I have chosen the following option:
Afraid
What are you afraid of and why? Write a post of 300+ words and use photos you personally took where possible.
At this point I must add that I am afraid of many things, such as the supernatural or insects in general. Death is a complex subject, for example, in itself I am not afraid of death, we are all going to die, but I confess that I am afraid of the way it will happen and I am terrified of what things I will not have time to do before I leave this earthly plane.
The Agony
While I have said that I am not afraid of death, I am terrified of how it will happen. I am terrified of getting sick and not having the means to pay for medical treatment, and I say this because of the economic situation in my country, Venezuela. I am scared of contracting a disease as terrible as cancer or Alzheimer's, the disease that consumed my mother. Why this fear? In the first case, I have lost several very close friends to cancer, they fought, they battled, but they lost a war that will not allow me to see them ever again. Cancer patients suffer a lot, first they have to deal with a cruel and difficult to accept diagnosis, then begins the ordeal, looking for the money to be able to face endless tests, biopsies, chemotherapies, radiotherapies, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
I can imagine her anguish, because the economic problem is one of the causes that surpasses the will to live. Having to pay thousands of dollars to get healthy again and not having them. Recently, I lost a friend with whom I maintained a friendship of more than 20 years, she overcame cancer twice, but the third time it came back and took her life. I didn't want to ask her family for details, but I can't stop thinking about what those last days were like for her, whether she was conscious or not, how much pain she must have felt, who was with her in her process and then said her final goodbye. I don't know how it happened, I only know that she left the same day she was going to be operated, it seemed that the panorama was complicated, but that she was close to reach another goal, to continue with life in spite of everything.
The agony before leaving scares me a lot, I also think of my mother who suffered from Alzheimer's for 8 years. The hard thing about this disease is that we become totally dependent, with 24/7 care, all year round, not being able to fend for oneself is really very difficult.
So it happens to me with my pets, I have had many, but when they reach old age they suffer a lot before leaving, and of course, I suffer with them. Remembering how they have gone still hurts me a lot, now I have a little dog that is very cheerful and playful, but when I see her I can't help thinking when she is old, if she will get sick and suffer as much as the others that have already gone. For now I enjoy her witticisms, she is healthy, but I know that day will come.
Goals
Another point that scares me, although not as much as the previous one, is leaving goals or objectives unfinished. I have always reflected on this subject, when we die we leave everything half done, as if we were running before a call that we cannot avoid, we simply have to go, no matter what we are doing. As human beings, we always set goals and wish to see them fulfilled, but it is clear to me that we do not know how long we will be in this world. We always do things as if we are going to live tomorrow. We can only live the present in the best way and enjoy life.
The cockroaches
I was hesitating to share this, the truth is that I think that more than fear is a terrible phobia that I have to these insects. My fear is that one of them will fall on me, while I'm asleep, awake, it would be horrible either way.
These insects are very dirty, it scares me to see them fly, it is terrible, I hide. Nothing special has happened to me why I developed this phobia, I just don't know how to explain that I don't want them aroundI would be unable to share a picture of this insect in my post, I simply don't want it on my blog. What I can share is that at home I could not miss an insecticide.
This has been all my friends, perhaps the list could go on, but I consider that I have highlighted the most important. See you in the next engagement.
Thank you for Reading
All photos are originals taken with my Xiaomi Redmi 9 phone. The edits were made with the GridArt application