More Thoughts On Death and Dying…

Tuesday, 18th March 2008

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The sax player and I had an interesting discussion last night at The Midway gig. He was sort of lamenting about how he’s 52 years old and how time goes so fast when your an older person compared to a younger person.

Hmm… why is that?

But it’s true. When you get older, time does seem to “fly by” much faster. And I remember when I was a little kid during summer days when school was out, it just seemed like the days would never end! And now, weeks fly by, months fly by… pretty soon it’ll be the middle of 2008 and chances are, all the things I wanted to do won’t get done.

The sax player compared life after 50 to a cassette player on “fast forward”! And, I confess that’s a good analogy.

Now that I’m 50, I’m painfully aware that my life is more than half over. And only if I am lucky, somehow I’ll make it to 100. But, most people don’t make it to 100. Yet, I think all of us would secretly hope to be able to live to 100, and be of sound mind and body.

Recently, there were two people in my life who were diagnosed with a terminal illness. So, even more so I’m being constantly aware of my own impending death.

Though even as a teenager, when I was pondering over various religious doctrines and philosophies, a part of me was ready to accept the fact that I would eventually die, that we all were going to die. And, it could happen at any time… any time. I mean, we’d be extremely lucky if we lived to a ripe old age perhaps.

The good thing about getting in touch with your own death is that it makes you more aware of just how beautiful life truly is. The simple things. The day-to-day things. And I’ve learned that it shouldn’t matter how extravagantly you’ve lived your life. The important thing is that you appreciate life and the people around you… whether online or in real life. Whether you travel to some far distant land, or you just stay at home.

Life is beautiful…

[ repeat after me ]

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL!

Now, let’s all go out there and enjoy the BEAUTIFUL DAY as if it were our last…..

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pat

I REALLY know what you mean, I saw the neurologist yesterday and got an initial distressing diagnosis, I will get another opinion soon. I'll post more on my blog soon.

tokyorose

>And I’ve learned that it shouldn’t matter how extravagantly you’ve lived your life.

that's true. i often think what we fill our lives with are just details, something to keep us busy while we learn the real lessons in life...

life is beautiful...thanks for the reminder, carlos^^.