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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:17 AM Original message |
Do you hope to make peace with death before you die? |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm pretty much at peace with it now. All I want to avoid is suffering and being a burden to anyone. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm fine with death |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. i already have. i was in too much of a battle with the enemy it consumed my life and thoughts |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. Not sure I will make peace with it |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Provided you die first , and I dance on your grave , then , and only then would I make peace with |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Wow - kinda, harsh? |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Because I know it was you , you STOLE my Orange Juice ! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Sorry - its been a strange day... |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. Told this story recently, but within the last year or so I died... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Snerk. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. Death is not my enemy |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Thing is, I don't beleive in any kind of afterlife |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Well, then, you're fucked |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Already have. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. I plan on kicking and screaming every step of the way. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's not death that bothers me. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Most likely you won't feel much pain |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I wish it were that simple. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I am sorry. If consciousness plays a part, then yes it will be painful |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Well, if it comes to that, I do hope I'm so bombed on pain killers |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Pain Killers when you're dying = good |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Death should be accepted with dignity, not welcomed with relief. n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Huh? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Wait - I get it - Sorry... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. So, you know my secret, Mr Bond. |
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lunamagica (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. I already have. Sometimes I feel like I'm looking forward to it |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't think that there is a peace to make. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. There is peace to make, not with death itself but with ourselves over death |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. My feeling is that the peace we make with ourselves |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, of course. All of what you say is true |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Anything we worry about puts us in a miserable state. |
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SCantiGOP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. tale of two outlooks |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Part of the reason why I cite Atheism as a reason for less fear of death |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. I would welcome death |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I agree with most of that - - except the "new beginning" part |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. I really really hope my last thought won't be one of regret |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. That would not be good |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. Well, I don't know about peace. I've been shot, had malaria and stage 4 |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. I hope to deny it exists until the last nail is hammered home. |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 06:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
49. I couldn't agree more with this |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
40. Since it is inevitable, why worry about it? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. This is not natural to everyone, you know... |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I think it is something learned with age, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I would hope... |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. The other option is fatalistic |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Logic makes me choose acceptance |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
45. win-win situation |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. But its not win/win |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
48. I've never had a problem with the idea of death |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
50. No need to make peace with it. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Well yeah, until it happens to YOU |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
52. I have no fear of death. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
53. I would want death to make peace with itself and return to life n/t |
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