My two worst fears: chronic illness and amnesia. The latter may not lead to a sudden death. But what is “living” if you lose your memories and don’t even recognise yourself?
How many of us have living will?
I haven’t done mine; but I intend to put it clearly that I don’t want to “live” on as a vegetable through some breathing machine.
The best “premature” death is , like in Kenny Robert’s song the Gambler, is to “die in your sleep”.
And if there is a soul after death, I intend to take my soul out to explore the universe. I don’t want to go to “live” in eternity either in heaven or hell. Exploring the vast universe, like a big comet, would be interesting. I guess my soul wouldn’t need any flashlight, even though many parts of the universe is rather dark, especially in “black holes”.
1 out of 200 persons develop cancer each year. This year it could be you. Uh-oh.
Sorry for joking. I had cancer, and it is a mercyful cause of death. You have time to manage everything, can fight it, no one has to ask questions beginning with “what if” when you’re dead. I used my time wisely when I got my chemotherapy. Never thought I’d manage to survive so many years.
Now look at Donnie LB Darko. In a split second he was dead, last thing he saw was this guy in a rediculous bunny costume. His parents lost their home and had to sue the owner of this airplane.
Thanks sb. Hug to brother Raccoon too. This thread actually changed my plan today from doing a freesolo climbing lap up an easy 700 foot route, to getting the pup out for a hike to trying to transplant some Wapato where there is shitloads to another location close to home where I want it to be where there is none. The internet seems lacking in the best way to do that, but I’m planning on hiking in with a couple quart water bottles, filling up the lower 1/3 with silt and leaving some river water in, then hiking out and trying not to spill.
Haven’t kept in touch, but I know someone originally from ZA who, with her mom and dad, barely escaped with their lives when “apartheid” ended.
Same dealy, things were pretty safe, everyone got fed, businesses ran, etc., until the inmates took over the asylum, and then you had petty warlords spring up, widespread violence, rapes, killings, etc., and those who had any property pretty much with just the clothes on their back trying to get out.
Pretty sad. I’ll avoid political commentary but a lot of that’s in store for the USA unless people wake up and grow some brains.
