Life is currently described as one of four ways:

As a journey, as a battle, as a pilgrimage, and as a race.

Select your own metaphor, but the finishing necessity is all the same.

For if life as a journey, it must be completed.

If life is a battle, it must be finished.

If life is a pilgrimage, it must be concluded.

And if life is a race, it must be won.

(J. Richard Sneed)