Just a thought

I guess I have to live simply because I don’t know how I would want to die. Nothing about it sounds appealing to me. I don’t want to vanish and be instantly forgotten because I made no impact, but I also don’t want to leave people feeling sad or like they want to cry. I don’t want to die a hero, and I don’t want to die a villain. I don’t want people to feel happy, indifferent, or even deeply sad about my passing.

So much of what we do while living determines how we die and what we leave behind. The confusing part is that if I can’t decide how I want to leave this world, then how am I supposed to decide how I want to live in it?

I think, if anything, I would want my death to feel like the ending of Secondhand Lions. A little bit of sadness, but mostly laughter, while people remembered me and the life I lived.

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Mamapolo2016 · F

The truth about death is that we rarely get to choose, unless we floor the accelerator.

It’ll happen when it happens and it’s not in our control.

I think an important question is why do we WANT to live? What are our goals? What can we give to the world? It may not be a big thing, but it can still be important.

Focusing on death is like focusing on the weather on a wedding day. It’ll rain when it rains. Plan ahead for an alternate venue if it does and carry on.

George Carlin once talked about the birth trauma, being separated from the umbilical cord. “Most of us walk around for the rest of our life looking for something else to plug into.”

Rokan · 36-40, M

@Mamapolo2016 i think maybe i wasn't so clear but my thoughts on thinking of how i would want to die is really a reflection on how i want to live.