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Posted: 11/1/2005 10:13:52 PM |
@Kevin: You should Google this: Invictus. William Ernest Henley.
It's my favorute poem. Your post reminded me of it, I think you may appriciate it too :)
I like this poem justastudent. I AM the captain of my soul.  | |
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Posted: 11/1/2005 10:14:46 PM | | Thought you'd like it. My favorite poem, try to live my life by it :) | |
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Posted: 11/1/2005 10:15:31 PM | | That's right Jay, we got your back buddy!!! | |
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Posted: 11/1/2005 10:18:44 PM | happy to know that! my personal bodyguards  | |
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Posted: 11/2/2005 6:48:20 AM | Cowboy Jay the leaf fan 76
How on earth could you fear death?? You're a leaf fan, aren't you use to dying at the end of every season?
Did I say that out loud? | |
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| fear of death
Posted: 11/2/2005 7:05:14 AM | we have no control over this and when its my time its my time.. Why worry about it. I grew up with a very superstitious grandmother.. who feared death to no end. If she saw an ambulance she thought it was coming for her. She wouldn't write her will because if you did u would die the next day. If she saw a hearst it was a bad omen. I am so very glad that she passed on quickly. she wasn't feeling well so went to lay down and before she hit the pillow she was gone. My grandfather had cancer and i had to see him suffer until he passed away peacefully. I do not fear death as it is a natural thing. everything dies. and i may die tomororw or 60 years from now but i will make sure that my life was worth living. and not live in seclusion because if i do this i might die. I will live like i am dying and take each new day as a wonderful and exciting adventure
As for the case in florida... that was not religion against non religion.. it was a mother and father against the husband and the right to life against the right to die. Yes it was a sad and the government had no right to get involved. in MHO if the parents loved her as much as they said they did they would have let her go. She had moved on to a better place long ago. | |
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Posted: 11/2/2005 10:53:23 AM |
in MHO if the parents loved her as much as they said they did they would have let her go.
I can not imagine the pain that these people went through. The parents lived on hope, it may have been false hope, but its all they had, they were waiting for a miracle. Just because they clung to that hope does not mean they did not love her as much as they said they did. | |
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Posted: 11/2/2005 11:28:21 AM | Having lived a through many battles and having overcome many obstacles fear of death is not a big concern. In my life, I like to take life by the horns and enjoy the ride.
Once you have being stabbed, shot and gone through several trips to the ER I have being desensitized. I am a bit of an adventurer and choose to live without fear.
In my culture we celebrate death and look forward to it. It is a part of me but I also believe that we only get what we put into life.
When it all comes down to it I wear my scars like medals of Honor that tell the story of my life. So after everything is said and done I think the most important thing is not to worry about death but to worry about whether you lived life to the fullest.
Regards
DFS | |
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Posted: 1/9/2006 9:06:54 PM | | it's not so much death that i am afraid of...it's what leads up to that point...the pain and fear. | |
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Posted: 1/9/2006 9:10:06 PM | | Took a whole class in death this past year. Its really not that scary when you look at all the different perspectives on it. | |
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Posted: 1/9/2006 9:11:36 PM | | ^that would be interesting to me | |
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Posted: 12/5/2008 1:17:24 AM | | Not afraid, but maybe anxious, depending on how the process unfolds. The idea of being diagnosed tomorrow with a terminal illness would make me anxious. But the idea of death in itself is relieving because of eternal peace, no more anything, just unconscious rest. It's hard to conceive when I feel energetic and happy because the idea that every single part of this energy will one day dissipate is very difficult to imagine, but when I feel tired, weary or miserable because of life related circumstances and there's nothing I really want to do or see and all I want is rest, then the idea of death brings a smile to my face as it's nothing but a feeling of deep, profound peace. | |
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Posted: 12/14/2008 1:11:00 AM | In response to the stated: It's hard to conceive when I feel energetic and happy because the idea that every single part of this energy will one day dissipate is very difficult to imagine..
Just a thought...
The laws of thermodynamics govern how and why energy is transferred. The first law of thermodynamics, also called conservation of energy, states that the total amount of energy in the universe is constant and all energy has to end up somewhere, either in the original form or in a different from.
I use to think of it as my energy dissipating. My interpretation of this law is as follows; Energy is never truly lost, it is simply transferred from one form to another. Coupled with the knowledge that something becomes scientific law only after extensive testing which yields reproducible results, I now believe my initial thought may not be the only possible one... Just the idea brought me hope, thought perhaps your imagination could use a something not so very difficult... =) -JE- | |
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Posted: 12/14/2008 12:46:26 PM | One good thing about death - no more taxes!
One bad thing about death - the high potential for excruciating pain beforehand.
Except for the pain part, I've never worried much about death. After all, dead is dead meaning no more discomforts of life, or alternately, dead is the beginning of afterlife, meaning floating around in clean white robes and never having to do laundry ever again. As for the possibility of Hell, we all know that Hellfire and Damnation is a thing of the past - it disappeared around the same time as the notion of personal responsibility for one's choices.
Being single, I have no immediate family members dependent on me to bring home a paycheck or a hug. However, should that change, I'm still heavily insured!
Despite having enjoyed several high-risk activities in past (and a couple still at present), I've never found any understanding of the cliche "at least he/she died doing what they loved".
No thanks. I would prefer to die painlessly, whether peacefully in my sleep or instantly without warning like being right at a ground-zero blast. A heroic death with meaning would be a reasonable second choice, but a bit hard to arrange these days. A pointless death arising out of stupidity or misadventure, especially with excruciating pain attached, would be my last choice.
So no, while I'm not particularly afraid of death itself, the last few moments before death are another matter altogether!
The philosopher Jagger once said "you can't always get what you want". However, one can always hope, even though hoping for a good death does seem a bit macabre. | |
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Posted: 12/14/2008 2:42:40 PM | I don't think i fear death. I have a 100% sure fire plan for it.
If i think i am going to die, i plan to call togather a conference of the major relegions and allow them to bid on my soul. that way i can pick and choose which religion has the best 'after death benefits' package. example, reincanation, 40 virgins, aliens beaming me away, etc.
afterlooking over the packages, i will decide which religion to convert to in case of soul saving.
until then i will just be my heathing self bound for hell for tall the non religions dirty things i do! muhahahahahahha
lol ( no religious people were harmed during the writing of this comment, in the chance some fragile religious soul was harmed, please feel free to point and laugh at me when i'm burning in hell!) | |
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Posted: 12/17/2008 5:50:29 AM | I see it is an old post. Hope those who started it are not dead yet.
Death I ponder from time to time, but it is really life at the moment that scares the heck out of me.
Death is the easy part, living is the toughest aspect of it all. | |
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Posted: 12/17/2008 7:01:23 AM | Not so much the fear of dying, then leaving all that life insurance money ... Besides, the obvious benefits living in hell will offer (heat, bbq's and wiennie roasts) there is the added bonus of being there when HELL freezes over when the Leafs win the cup!
Worry about you can control, take risks where others play it safe and learn to laugh at yourself - how do you like your steak? | |
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Posted: 12/19/2008 7:07:51 PM | | No I am not afraid of death. At least knowing that I have lead an honest and humble life... The tought of dying alone on your beside without someone to at least say goodbye makes me really sad. | |
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Posted: 12/19/2008 7:41:18 PM | I'm mot afraid of dying.I believe that when your time is up,it's up.So I try to let the people I hold dear know how I feel about them everytime I see them.I just hope if lived a good enough life that God will take me home.It sure beats househunting. I just hope I die in my sleep with dignity and there's someone I care about to hold my hand. | |
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Posted: 12/20/2008 7:36:02 PM | Fear is a natural part of life...
Not understanding everything about "life" is a wonder unto itself..
I think not knowing is why most are afraid of death.. what becomes of us...
For each.. we all grasp onto that which gives comfort.... religion, spirituality, realist... everyone for different reasons....
What all these different views have in common is the realization of what we know comes to an end.
What we know..... the word "know" is so ironic in itself.. as we cannot take/practice/experience what we know when we pass on, regardless of our status in life and what material possessions one may have gained.
We only live based on others imagination, creativity and yes.. even greed and power... all the negative and positive feelings and thoughts that make us human.
What I myself came to realize is death is not an end.. but the continuation of a journey we do not know of yet. I'll not explain my reasoning for this on some forum were views and opinions are plentiful.
Fear not the unknown.. embrace it... Just don't live your life around it... live, love for the knowledge that presents its self by learning to think out of ones own box.
I personally believe I'll take my feelings with me when I part.. it's hard for me to explain this view... just that I know what I have inside.... will always be with me...
Peace | |
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Posted: 12/20/2008 7:49:58 PM |
No I am not afraid of death. At least knowing that I have lead an honest and humble life... The tought of dying alone on your beside without someone to at least say goodbye makes me really sad.
I feel the same way, almost.
I faced death knocking on my door. I wasn't afraid, I was moreless pissed off. It's as if I looked death in the face and said, "Haven't you got something better to do? Now fvck off!!!!"
It's amazing how one's will to survive and fight accelerates when confronted with death. | |
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Posted: 12/21/2008 12:11:19 PM | I don't fear death, I fear not living while I'm alive... Treat every day as if it were potentially your last, take chances, do something you thought you would never do... as long as it seems reasonably sane to you...
You could be hit by a bus tomorrow. Why worry? | |
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Posted: 12/21/2008 3:24:08 PM | i fear death. i worry about my kids
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Posted: 12/21/2008 5:32:11 PM | "it's not death i'm affraid of, it's going through this thing twice" Poi Dog Pondering.
Affraid of death? Why would one be affraid of that?
It's only natural. | |
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Posted: 12/25/2008 5:32:17 PM | Every intriguing forum seems to have multiple pages of people with their answers so spread out, covering virtually all possible answers. I still would like to share my thoughts.
Honestly, I have developed a deep respect and understanding for it, but still fear death. It is human nature to fear the unknown, to trust in what we have seen because it has always been as we have seen it. Death knows no color or value of wealth; it takes all and rejects none. Some might argue death to be the ultimate equalizer.
My personal thought on the subject is that death is like being caught between a dream and reality: those nights where you go to sleep, wake up the next day, but do not remember dreaming; that is what death is like. A consciousness in slumber without dream.
This unnerves me, but it does not rule my life. Everything born dies, no matter what power or financial standing you now, or will have death will claim you. Take solace knowing that nothing can truly be destroyed; it is merely converted into something else. Our minds produce electrical impulses. Since energy cannot be created or destroyed, it is not totally unreasonable to believe that we exist after our bodies have failed us. We may never know, but life should truly be cherished no matter what since it is ever-fleeting. | |
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