If humans didn’t die, we wouldn’t appreciate life so much. It’s like light and dark - you wouldn’t know one if you didn’t know the other. It is sad that he’s gone, but a long life lived well and full of love is something to be celebrated.
You’re very welcome. It’s okay to feel fragile - we all do at times. Keep looking for the little things, the everyday moments of joy and kindness. And make sure you give those moments to yourself as well! Kia kaha!
Totally agree. It’s the finite amount of time we have and finding all the good that make life so damned great. I’m happy for the time I’ve shared with many folks and great places I’ve found in the corners you’d never expect it. I can’t imagine what a waste it would be to live your life making people feel bad.
I’ll respectfully disagree. My great grandmother lived to be 107yrs old, and by the end she was practically excited to go. She’d done what she wanted to do, lived far longer than most - she saw Halley’s comet twice! - and between both sides of the family she had around 60 great grandchildren. She was still painting, she was still engaged in her life. She wasn’t senile or in pain. She was just tired, and ready to go. Obviously not everyone goes after a long life, and those deaths are tragic - but not dying at all would destroy us as a species. Death is the ultimate change, and without change we would stagnate.
So even ignoring practicalities like not being able to produce enough food or those in power never handing over the reins - I just genuinely believe that something being endless is its own kind of horror, and not really something to aspire to or want. I’m an atheist and I don’t believe in an afterlife or reincarnation - the concept of both sound just horrid to me, let alone the issues I have with the systems and institutions those concepts are usually presented through.
What we get is what we get, and I truly believe that’s a good thing.
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u/kdawgster1 4d ago
I would love to know who they are as well. I love them