Death...what do you think about it--or do you?

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  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
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    I probably think about it too much. I find the process fascinating and the decay interesting. I've been lucky though the people in my life who passed were older and it was expected. I took my miscarriage hard, and the loss of that baby. I guess it's life no one said it would be fair.
  • bmxpop
    bmxpop Posts: 353 Member
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    I plan on living forever............or else die trying!!
  • BigDog
    BigDog Posts: 272 Member
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    Death sucks for those that were close to the loved one that passes, other than that...

    I like the saying... "I will feel the same way after I die as I felt before I was born. Don't worry about then. Enjoy now!
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
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    I'm a Christian so naturally I know I'm going to heaven. However, that does not mean I want to go now. I think you shouldn't worry about dying and live everyday to the fullest.


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  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
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    It is inevitable. I'm not afraid of it, although I do plan to try to avoid it for as long as possible.

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  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
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    death is no biggie.
    it's the time preceding death that is important.

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  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
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    I tend to react matter of factly to death as well. It's just easier to deal with that way. I wouldn't judge how she really feels by the way she talked to you on one occasion.

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    It's one of the great motivators of my lifestyle change. I was eating and drinking and smoking my way to an early grave about 7 months ago. My newly acquired dietary and fitness habits have completely reversed all of my bad blood work and at 38 I feel more like 30...7 months ago I felt like I was more like 60. I've also gone from 6 different meds to 1. I'm pretty sure I've added a few more years to my life at this point. I just want to be around and be healthy to watch my kiddos grow up and be around to take care of them.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
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    The idea of ME dying doesn't frighten me. It's been a rough road and I think, when the time comes, I'll be grateful to lay down the sword. Come eternal oblivion or an afterlife - either way, it's bound to be more peaceful.

    The idea of my loved ones (pets included) dying DOES frighten me, though. The grieving process, the loss, the life both lived and wished they'd lived is a very messy thing for the survivors around them to move through. And I don't think it ever **quite** stops aching.

    As I get older, I am learning that, too, is part of the process.

    Death is one of my favorite subjects to think about. And I love having dates, dinners, just hanging out in graveyards. I find it calming. Places that remind me even in passing, some things left behind are still beautiful.

    All that said, I'm still quite young. 32. My nonchalance about Death might change as I get closer to an older, natural Death. (I felt that way about gray hairs, telling everyone in my 20's I'd celebrate them. But when they finally did show up, I spent a week freaking out!)
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,841 Member
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    As you get older and you have more and more friends, family, and aquaintences pass, I won't say you become numb to the experience, but you have a deeper understanding of the circle of life and you are less shocked.

    I have had two very dear friends and a few family members pass in just the last few months. One VERy unexpectedly - like playing tennis with him one day, in the hospital with stage 4 cancer the next, and gone before I even got to see him.
  • JusticeGirl25
    JusticeGirl25 Posts: 703 Member
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    I really try not to think about it. I've actually never attended a funeral before and I know I'm going to go to a funeral one of these days and I'm not looking forward to it.
  • alyhuggan
    alyhuggan Posts: 717 Member
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    Yolo and then you die.
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
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    I'm a Christian so naturally I know I'm going to heaven.
    That is not for you to decide.
  • alyhuggan
    alyhuggan Posts: 717 Member
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    I'm a Christian so naturally I know I'm going to heaven.
    That is not for you to decide.

    Exactly, Satan might want a piece!
  • bearkisses
    bearkisses Posts: 1,252 Member
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    I'm a Christian so naturally I know I'm going to heaven.
    That is not for you to decide.

    this.

    as a fence-sitting agnostic...i really sway towards no heaven and no hell. Meaning, life is like a flame...once it is put out it is put out. It is sad. But death is final. I saw a man/woman commit suicide on my birthday weekend and since then I have really had to come to terms with how I feel. That person jumped into Niagara Falls, and that was the last thing they will ever see, do, touch, etc. When it is over it is over!
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
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    I plan on living forever............or else die trying!!



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  • mrdexter1
    mrdexter1 Posts: 356 Member
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    i think its over rated !!!

    just like heaven and hell as no one can say they ve lived if they havn't experienced both while living a lifetime on earth and realised thats where they are to be found rather than in some unproven afterlife!!!!
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
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    I saw a man/woman commit suicide on my birthday weekend and since then I have really had to come to terms with how I feel. That person jumped into Niagara Falls, and that was the last thing they will ever see, do, touch, etc. When it is over it is over!

    That would be extremely sobering, seeing someone actually commit suicide like that.

    Is it wrong to think that at least, as they went down, they may have been able to watch one of the most beautiful things Nature has created? And that's at least in some way beautiful?

    Still, I'm not sure how I would feel had I seen that.

    I have found a body in a hotel I used to work at. He'd passed in the night, a heroin overdose. I'd been to plenty of funerals, but there was something about seeing someone, not having been made up by morticians, blue and cold, that was very chilling.
  • 5ftnFun
    5ftnFun Posts: 948 Member
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    As you get older and you have more and more friends, family, and aquaintences pass, I won't say you become numb to the experience, but you have a deeper understanding of the circle of life and you are less shocked.

    I have had two very dear friends and a few family members pass in just the last few months. One VERy unexpectedly - like playing tennis with him one day, in the hospital with stage 4 cancer the next, and gone before I even got to see him.

    Agree. And one of the best things I heard someone say (or read) was: don't be afraid of dying, be afraid of not living!
  • bearkisses
    bearkisses Posts: 1,252 Member
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    I saw a man/woman commit suicide on my birthday weekend and since then I have really had to come to terms with how I feel. That person jumped into Niagara Falls, and that was the last thing they will ever see, do, touch, etc. When it is over it is over!

    That would be extremely sobering, seeing someone actually commit suicide like that.

    Is it wrong to think that at least, as they went down, they may have been able to watch one of the most beautiful things Nature has created? And that's at least in some way beautiful?

    Still, I'm not sure how I would feel had I seen that.

    I have found a body in a hotel I used to work at. He'd passed in the night, a heroin overdose. I'd been to plenty of funerals, but there was something about seeing someone, not having been made up by morticians, blue and cold, that was very chilling.

    it definitely throws your thoughts and/or emotions out of alignment

    i don't think it is wrong to think they saw something beautiful. however, i don't think they did. my partner and i were in a fallsview room and saw someone walk down the hill, go into the water, their body went under and then rose back up what must have been 15-20 feet before the falls...then went back under. i have always thought they changed their mind. it turned out to be the best weekend in niagara. i made sure i lived it up at the casino, walking around, partying.

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