The final act

He was happy for a lot of reasons, but two things primarily - one was that he had achieved whatever he had set out to do in life.. and the other was that the governing body had given the go ahead for his final act.. he had been sure he would get the approval while he had given the application, but then, governing bodies were a strange lot..
the approval was a two stage process, the first step was a basic application indicating the profile of the person giving it.. the governing body would decide whether the person could still perform an active role in society, and if he/she could, try to convince the person to do it, but that was just a formality... the second step was when one had to give the time and procedure chosen..the authority would then notify the next of kin, and put up a notice seeking whether anyone had an objection ..the objection, if any, and the right of the person objecting would both be scrutinised by the authorities before giving the final approval.. again, this step was also a formality since the applicant would have already announced his decision to the people concerned (who could object)..
a few days back, he had just gotten the final approval from the governing body for what was known as 'euthanasia'.legal killing was what the critics called it.. but after decades of legal wrangling, the majority had voted for it... in fact, they even made a procedure for people who were not in a position to request it themselves... the majority considered it a part of the society maturing, but there were people who still believed that He should be allowed to do His work...
but today was the day he had chosen for his final act... he had decided for it, when his wife had had a natural death a few years back and he had become alone, since their kids lived elsewhere and rarely had time for him.. stereotypical, he thought...
he had just had dinner at his favourite restaurant, and was on his way to the hospital where he would get his final injection.. he was still thinking deeply about whether he had left anything incomplete, since there would be no coming back...and that was why he saw the truck too late... his last thoughts were, "so long as i die.."
until next time, lets propose, and let Him dispose...