Life

I find it disheartening, maybe even a little frustrating when someone gives up on life. When, even at a younger "old"age, they say, 'I'm ready to go'. Really? Are you really ready to go or are you waiting for someone to tell you all the reasons you're NOT ready?
When I leave this earth I want it to be because God tells me that it's my time to go; I don't want Him to say, "well, I gave you that chance, why didn't you take it?"
I know, of course, that when God calls us, he calls us..but before I had kids I used to think to myself that it would really suck if I died because I so wanted to experience having kids..being pregnant, giving birth, teaching my children, watching them grow, go to school, graduate, get married, have kids of their own and even watch the whole cycle of their own kids getting married; me becoming a grandparent..heck, even a great grandparent. I don't understand why one would not strive to live to see the next phase if given a chance. Sure, these chances have risks & might not work, but, for me, I would regret not trying.
You can't tell other people how to live their life or what decisions to make. In the end it's their choice to take that chance that God has given them or to just give up. But why give up? There's always more to experience, more to see, more ways to make a difference, more chances to live life to the fullest...