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Mamapolo2016 · F
Other than not stepping out into traffic or getting into a stranger’s car, about the most pointless thing to struggle with is mortality.
We are given limited time. We don’t know how long that time is. So live and love the time you have.
How sad to look back when that time comes and think “I wasted it.”
We are given limited time. We don’t know how long that time is. So live and love the time you have.
How sad to look back when that time comes and think “I wasted it.”
popmol · 22-25, M
@Mamapolo2016 i already wasted it, what do you do then?
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton.
We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here.
We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds, how dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred?”
[i]Richard Dawkins[/i]
We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here.
We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds, how dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred?”
[i]Richard Dawkins[/i]
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Entwistle · 56-60, M
@Diotrephes Worrying and mourning are different things.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Entwistle [quote]Worrying and mourning are different things.[/quote]
So, after the sick person dies you stop worrying and don't do any mourning?
So, after the sick person dies you stop worrying and don't do any mourning?
PoetryNEmotion · F
popmol · 22-25, M
@PoetryNEmotion haha that makes sense!
Cigarguy101 · 41-45, M
popmol · 22-25, M
@Cigarguy101 yeah that can do alot!
JamesBugman · 56-60, T
Nah. I have money in the bank, a place to live, and an amazing job that I love. It makes a world of difference.
I know I will die one day, I am OK with that, not scared of it. I know it will hurt most likely, but that is how things play out during our short time here. Enjoy every minute you can.
I know I will die one day, I am OK with that, not scared of it. I know it will hurt most likely, but that is how things play out during our short time here. Enjoy every minute you can.
popmol · 22-25, M
@JamesBugman smart! ☺️
SatyrService · M
no, I am not
if one abandons the fetters of the afterlife belief, and embrace that Your Life is the only thing you have.
then how you spend your shot time becomes precious
if you rely on afterlife, for with there is ZERO evidence
then your life can be squandered
for the interests of others
so no, mortality lets me know that Ultimately
I am free
if one abandons the fetters of the afterlife belief, and embrace that Your Life is the only thing you have.
then how you spend your shot time becomes precious
if you rely on afterlife, for with there is ZERO evidence
then your life can be squandered
for the interests of others
so no, mortality lets me know that Ultimately
I am free
popmol · 22-25, M
@SatyrService how lovely! also i don't care for the afterlife either. but i feel like i'm not doing enough with my life.
When I was younger I embraced it. I even have my funeral preplanned because I was sure I wasn't going to be around this long.
Now the more setbacks I survive the more upset I get that in the end it's all for naught... when I think about it. Most of the time I'm blissfully unaware of my pending demise.
Now the more setbacks I survive the more upset I get that in the end it's all for naught... when I think about it. Most of the time I'm blissfully unaware of my pending demise.
@popmol I can because I'd still like to be buried back home with my family. I'm not sure what happens if that changes
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@RenFur [quote]Nope! I look at all the great men - and a few women (😁) - who went before me. I want to join them up in Heaven (because, of course. that's where I'm headed!)
How about you?
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Which floor do you think you will get a room on in the 1,500 mile tall golden cube (heaven)?
How about you?
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Which floor do you think you will get a room on in the 1,500 mile tall golden cube (heaven)?
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
popmol · 22-25, M
@SunshineGirl you want them to die or don't want them too?
thenormalkindofcrazy · 31-35, M
popmol · 22-25, M
@thenormalkindofcrazy will you take the highway to hell?
LadyMacbeth · 31-35, F
popmol · 22-25, M
@LadyMacbeth i mean you can? but i wouldn't say you have to and prefer not too!
OogieBoogie · F
OogieBoogie · F
@popmol well....the [b]now [/b] counts .
And at the end what we've done will count .
But in the big picture ?....I think this life is but a 'blip' in our consciousness.
I suppose it has a lot to do with what you have, and what you've experienced, and what situation you are in - that affects how much we actually think about it 🤷
And at the end what we've done will count .
But in the big picture ?....I think this life is but a 'blip' in our consciousness.
I suppose it has a lot to do with what you have, and what you've experienced, and what situation you are in - that affects how much we actually think about it 🤷
popmol · 22-25, M
@OogieBoogie thats likely true! i like how you think!