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Originally Posted by FG111
Every morning when I wake-up, I always thank God because I am truly blessed that I have my health, my kids are doing well, I live in a lovely community in a lovely new home, have a lovely ( mostly ) spouse and in a great financial position in my life.
But lately as each day passes, I realize that this wonderful dream of life will come to an end. No matter how healthy I eat and no matter how many marathons I still participate in order to maintain a healthy life style in order to maximize my life expectancy, my life will come to an end. Obviously as each day passes, we all become one day older and one day closer to death.
Does anyone think about their inevitable demise and how do you deal with the uncertainty of death? Thanks and be safe.
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Personally, I do not fear death but
I do fear living too long. I was a RN, paramedic & coroner at one time or another in my life and saw a lot of death up close. Other than children, I rarely felt sad at deaths which occurred even at relatively young ages. I have seen what happens to a person as they age. If you live long enough it is (almost) a certainty that you will lose all of your mental faculties and control of your bodily functions. My father used to say that he didn’t mind getting old because so many don’t get the chance. Then he developed dementia & became so weak he lived his last 18 months confined to his bed. Maybe if he could have seen the ending in store for him, he might have revised that statement.
Pope Paul VI once said,
“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it I say! Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.”