A thought

It may seem a random thought but, I am an avid reader of history. Many years ago in my teens I studied epitaphs at school. I wonder what type of epitaph bureaucrats would like receive, those who ‘followed the rules’ and the people who did not care, those who do not care.

 I wonder what thoughts went through the famous dictators of this world. What did Joseph Stalin think as he lay slumped in pool of his own urine for hours on end calling for his body guards to help? They did not come for fear of disturbing the dictator. Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin’s henchman,  had to have a rag placed in his mouth to silence his bawling before he was shot, I will not describe the deeds the man did they are so vile.   

Even the most harden, demonic people in history have had to face themselves in the moments before death.