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kihei kid Inner circle Dog House 1039 Posts |
Why do you ask?
In loving memory of Hughie Thomasson 1952-2007.
You brought something beautiful to this world, you touched my heart, my soul and my life. You will be greatly missed. Until we meet again “my old friend”. |
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Ellen Kotzin Loyal user UPSTATE, NY 280 Posts |
"I'll be back!"
Or to quote Woody Allen in another line, "I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens." Ellen |
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James F Inner circle Atlanta 1096 Posts |
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On 2004-04-09 14:18, Harry Murphy wrote: I agree completely. And if you started a new life after you die, wouldn't the population stay the same? |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Not tonight, I'm enjoying my headaches.
There were other folks who were very happy to believe I was dead. That gave me much to consider. Some of my work started getting popular. Perhaps death gives license to some to profess familiarity and claim a right of interpretation? Like the folks who became Lennon or Nirvana fans after the deaths of John Lennon and Kurt Cobain. L. Ron Hubbard sure seems to have become a most prolific author since he passed on. Maybe death offers a chance for a career change?
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Greg Arce Inner circle 6732 Posts |
Jonathan, you have to be careful when you put these things out or someone will come up to you and say, "So when are you planning YOUR career change?"
:rotf: Greg
One of my favorite quotes: "A critic is a legless man who teaches running."
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Samuel Catoe Inner circle South Carolina 1268 Posts |
And while we are speaking of our own deaths. I have been believed dead a total of FOUR times by others. I work in a prison so this does not say much, but several different inmates at various times have believed I was dead. One cried over it because he respected me and felt for my family, one cried when he found out I was alive, and another nearly died because he thought he was seeing a ghost. I wish I had knonw then why he was staring at me. I would have said "BOO!"
Author of Illusions of Influence, a treatise on Equivoque.
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ChrisZampese Veteran user Hamilton, NZ 341 Posts |
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On 2004-04-10 19:20, Samuel Catoe wrote: Hm, I don't think, even if I lived forever, that I would ever see, do, say, think, imagine, learn, discover all that there is. So no matter how full your life is, and how much you get done, I don't think you can ever say you have lived 'enough' to be ready for death. Maybe you could say that you have lived well, or lived life as best you could, but to say you have lived enough....I don't feel it is possible!
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are
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Caleb Strange Special user Manchester UK 676 Posts |
-- QCiC --
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Samuel Catoe Inner circle South Carolina 1268 Posts |
What I was saying, Chris, was that too many leave things undone and are not prepared. I myself included. I try to live each day as if it were my last. I have seen the face of death more than once in my life and have learned the fragility of life. What I mean when I say "not live enough" is this: to pass up the opportunity to tell your wife you love or to kiss her goodbye before you leave for work is to "not live enough". It is not enough to assume anything or put off anything. Do it, because there is no tomorrow. If you have not seen the face of death, no amount of talk will drive this point home. If you have seen it, no talk is necessary. I can say no more.
Author of Illusions of Influence, a treatise on Equivoque.
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blindbo Special user Bucks County, PA 790 Posts |
The real meaning of death, to me, is that I don't need to plan for retirement funds beyond age 74, actuarily speaking.
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whitelephant New user Jerusalem 97 Posts |
It seems a question to early for any of us to answer because it seems to imply that we might have a clue as to what death is. If there is knowing as to what death "is"-we will find out only after we get there. Then it seems we would be in a better possition to ponder it's meaning.
A fish cannot know what it is like to walk on land.
drink water...
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Logan Five Inner circle Northern California 1434 Posts |
How can we understand someting that is beyond our human awareness?
Death has always been the greatest of mysteries.
Self concept is destiny..
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Joe M. Turner Loyal user Atlanta, Georgia 248 Posts |
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On 2004-04-05 19:29, Tom Cutts wrote: Not in the United States. If you died after January 1, 1993 and before the large tax increase that was instituted, you were taxed retroactively to the beginning of that year. As for the meaning of death, it is the end of your earthly life. That's it. The significance of death is that it marks the end of your opportunity to accept the free gift that will determine your subsequent eternal destiny. The opportunities don't go on forever, but the consequences do, for better or for worse. JMT |
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
Death is when you get to use one of these cool epitaphs you guys left in the other thread on this page.
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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hoodrat Veteran user Southern California 388 Posts |
Regarding death, there just has to be something else beyond this mortal, physical life. I believe that the energy in our bodies is released at the point of death and goes back out into the Cosmos. Some people would call this a soul or a spirit. I'd like to believe that on some level we retain some sense of awareness during all this. As odd as this may sound, I think experiencing death and what lays beyond will be quite exciting! For that reason, I don't understand why people fear death. I think maybe people (me included) fear certain ways of dying (like a plane crash, burning, drowning, etc.) On the other hand, just looking forward to the "great beyond" and what might be there is exciting enough! It's going to be an adventure, that's for sure! There's only one certainty about the whole business, though -- we'll all get to experience it some day!
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Dr_Stephen_Midnight Inner circle SW Ohio, USA 1555 Posts |
Death: Nature's way of telling you to slow down.
I could give you my real take on death, but why invite the backlash? Steve
Dr. Lao: "Do you know what wisdom is?"
Mike: "No." Dr. Lao: "Wise answer." |
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