The brevity of life Recently a friend was texting me about how quickly the time was passing. It...

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Recently a friend was texting me about how quickly the time was passing. It made me think of the brevity of life. On my tombstone (I think I will actually be cremated because of the high cost of funerals) there will be two dates. One is the date of...

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DDaverde · 56-60, M

Funeral for a fried!

DemureDeb · 56-60, F

@DDaverde Did you have a friend pass away recently?

DDaverde · 56-60, M

I agree ! As you age time seems to go by faster…

WandererTony · 56-60, M

Yes time is indeed flying by. It is like a mad rush to the end.
In our culture, we do not have tombstones. So perhaps the name and dates will appear on an entry on Geni.com if anyone cares to update the family tree I laboriously created. 😀

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

You might like this tune ….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYLbASoecyc

DemureDeb · 56-60, F

@therighttothink50 Good lyrics in the song

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

@DemureDeb

DemureDeb · 56-60, F

@therighttothink50 Hm...I'll have to think about this one

SW-User

But joys all want eternity— "Want deep profound eternity!"

(Nietzsche)

Maybe time does not simply fly by? Maybe time and eternity are in some sense "one". Eternity as the deeper dimension of time?

"The only extension to the present is intensity"