Thoughts on Death and Dying…

Written by Carlos Rull. Follow me on Twitter.

I was on Jade Park’s journal and learned that she had a stroke.

I was moved by what she had wrote and what she had gone through, that I quoted her on the front page of Rice Bowl Journals.

Lately, I’ve been thinking about death a lot. Being that I realized my life maybe more than half over, unless I live to be a hundred, then I’m precisely at the midpoint!

I’ve even legally updated my last will and testament recently with a lawyer, and also set up a living trust and estate plan.

My wife’s aunt recently was diagnosed with cancer, and we went through this whole ordeal (and continue to do so today).

I confess I am afraid of dying. And as much as I can say that I am realistic and all, I keep thinking that I do want to live a very long life. And such things as Buddhist teachings, Christianity, etc. and that I believe in an existence beyond this one, I am still afraid.

But I’m sure that if I get a terminal illness or something similar, I will live for the moment and appreciate all the simple things in life, and all those things that make me happy. Anyway, enough depressing talk… I just have to live for the moment, just keep… living.

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Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2007 in Journal
Tagged: death, dying, Journal, life

Comments

3 Responses to “Thoughts on Death and Dying…”

jadepark on March 8th, 2007 9:26 pm

as you have been touched by my words, I am touched by yours! may you have a long and healthy, happy life. (not that i’m in charge of that forecast, but i do wish it for you). :)
KC on March 9th, 2007 3:52 am

Amen. and hugs.
Wayne Dent on May 9th, 2008 7:32 am

Your honesty touches me! I would like to think that I would be very accepting when it is my time to go. I guess that is one thing that we aren’t allowed to know (how we will react to news of our own imminent demise) until it happens. We can only guess how we will react. I do believe that the more focus we place on our spiritual lives now, the greater will our acceptance be at the end. Life is like a dress rehearsal for our own deaths (in a way).