Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

Life is but an empty dream!

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

and things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!

And the grave is not its goal;

Dust thou art; to dust returnest,

Was not spoken of the soul.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

P.S. A dedication to all those people who lost their lives in the plane crash that happened in Mangalore, Karnataka on 22nd May (Saturday). May their souls rest in peace & may god give strength to their families to deal with the loss of their loved ones.