Ecclesiastes 7:1-27 A good reputation is better than expensive perfume; and the day you die is better than the day you are born.2 It is better to go to a home where there is mourning than to one where there is a party, because the living should always remind themselves that death is waiting for us all.

Ecclesiastes 7:3-4 Good News Translation (GNT)3 Sorrow is better than laughter; it may sadden your face, but it sharpens your understanding.4 Someone who is always thinking about happiness is a fool. A wise person thinks about death.

Awit 103:15-16 Ang buhay ng mga tao'y parang damo ang katulad, sa parang ay lumalago na katulad ay

bulaklak; 16 nawawala't nalalagas, kapag ito'y nahanginan,

nawawala na nga ito at hindi na mamamasdan.

Awit 90:10-12 Buhay nami'y umaabot ng pitumpung taong singkad, minsan nama'y walumpu, kung kami'y malakas;ngunit buong buhay namin ay puno ng dusa't hirap, pumapanaw pagkatapos, dito sa sangmaliwanag. 12 Dahil itong buhay nami'y maikli lang na panahon,itanim sa isip namin upang kami ay dumunong.

23 I am pulled in two directions. I want very much to leave this life and be with Christ, which is a far better thing;