Life asked Death,

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scottyboy76

Not sure if this is meant to be thoughtful on your part or just lighthearted, but after what i have been through lately, these two aspects of life, along with Debs memory are pretty much all i think about.

In a way, her death has brought a peace to me about my life, which seems nowhere near as important as it used to be, or as all precious.

The best analogy i have arrived at is sort of a twilight zone scenario where a group of people begin a scene patiently waiting in a waiting room, occupying themselves with magazines, tv, watching the kids,talking, laughing, eying the girl a few seats over, as time goes by, these things fade in importance, and individually they start to ask how did i get here, and why, it comes upon each in their own time, not affecting the others who go right on.

As time goes by, they look around and somebody has been called back, but no one knows where or for what reason, and they wonder if they will be called soon.

To me, life has become just as absurd.

Sorry if i misjudged why you posted, but i kinda needed to talk about this, and that quote spurred me.

treitz3

The painful truth is taxes WHILE you are alive. All of us recognize that by our thinning wallets.

When you are dead you don't know that you are dead so you will never recognize the truth. It is only difficult for the others.

Tom

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scottyboy76 wrote: »

Not sure if this is meant to be thoughtful on your part or just lighthearted, but after what i have been through lately, these two aspects of life, along with Debs memory are pretty much all i think about.

In a way, her death has brought a peace to me about my life, which seems nowhere near as important as it used to be, or as all precious.

The best analogy i have arrived at is sort of a twilight zone scenario where a group of people begin a scene patiently waiting in a waiting room, occupying themselves with magazines, tv, watching the kids,talking, laughing, eying the girl a few seats over, as time goes by, these things fade in importance, and individually they start to ask how did i get here, and why, it comes upon each in their own time, not affecting the others who go right on.

As time goes by, they look around and somebody has been called back, but no one knows where or for what reason, and they wonder if they will be called soon.

To me, life has become just as absurd.

Sorry if i misjudged why you posted, but i kinda needed to talk about this, and that quote spurred me.

Good stuff. PM me when you are ready to talk about things. Praying for you man.

scottyboy76

I will do that brother, We are in the earliest stages of tryin to get the local polkies together, probably for a weekend, would love it if you could make it.

scottyboy76

I hear ya tom, I understand fully why god wont let us know for sure what comes next.

If i knew i could be with deb again, The sun would never rise for me again,i would go tonight any way i had to, and if i knew for sure I would never see her again, i could not bear a minute of that truth.

Im not a church goer, but the teachings i grew up in church with said we will all be together again in a place with no pain or sorrow, that keeps me going.

cnh

We hear you Scotty. But there are NO easy answers just growth and acceptance. And death is always "near", it follows everyone, just behind you waiting, waiting, waiting, very patient it is.

As for taxes, they're a "joke" compared to "death". Shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence because they don't carry the same weight, force, finality.

If you don't ponder such things, one has to wonder about your "humanity"? Because humans have been asking such questions since they first looked up at the night sky, perhaps even earlier?

cnh

tonyb

cnh wrote: »

If you don't ponder such things, one has to wonder about your "humanity"? Because humans have been asking such questions since they first looked up at the night sky, perhaps even earlier?

cnh

Many things Sir, you and I agree on.

As we get older, we ponder these questions more and more. Kinda like a marathon race with no finish line and death gets closer and closer as the years wear on. Nobody beats death, no matter how much of a head start it gives you.

No, no easy answers if any at all. The one thing that I can never figure out is why the good people seem to go early while the asshats live forever.

Scotty,

I sympathize with you bro, and certainly sorry for your loss. Except....and take this from someone who has lost many I hold dear in the course of my life, your life still has meaning my friend. Though you may have lost your soul mate, you are still important to others. We may never know all the answers to this life thing, all we can do is live our lives no matter how long or short by example for those that follow.

Believe me, you and I probably asked ourselves the same questions. Whats the whole purpose of this life thing anyway ? What did I do wrong to be punished so ? Am I being tested ? If so, for what ends ?
Those and many more stay with you all your days. Unanswerable questions no doubt. The best I can gather, if this makes any sense to you, is that those we love and have lost came into our lives for a reason. They have guided us, shaped us, molded us into the person we are today or hope to be in the future. Death has a way of making us better people or at least strive to be better. Every life has meaning imho anyway, and when that life is gone, it is up to those left behind to take forward what that lost life had meant to us. That's the best I can gather so far, hope that helps you find purpose...and a smile again.

scottyboy76

Thank you all.

god bless you,

scott and deb

steveinaz

Not knowing for sure, is what "faith" is all about; it's OK to question--I'd say it's what makes us human--but if you question long enough, you'll arrive where you need to be. I don't pretend to have all the answers, but I know for me, personally, there's a higher power--and when I follow it, good things seem to happen.