Posted by Lou Pilder on July 4, 2009, at 7:45:21
In reply to Re: I'm reading the archives » Deneb, posted by Dinah on July 3, 2009, at 13:55:04
> Did you know that among my close circle of friends in high school, maybe a dozen or so, two have died? And a third nearly died and is alive only after a transplant. All of totally unavoidable natural causes. It seems a disproportionate number, and it makes me feel angry as well as sad when I think of it.
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> Death isn't all that compelling when you've seen enough of it. It's just death. The cessation of life. The end. A stopping of all the many chemical reactions and nerve impulses.
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> I hope your end is many years and many experiences off, Deneb. Your chance to make a difference is now. Your chance to see how much others care about you is now. Your chance to build relationships that make others care about you is now.
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> How are you coming in compiling some of those experiences? When your therapy appointment comes, will you have applied for jobs? How about the charities you promised you would help?
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Dinah,
You wrote,[...death xxx yyy that compelling when you've seen enough of it...].
I am unsure as to what you are wanting to mean here by that. If you could respond here to the following, then I could have the opportunity to respond accordingly.
A. What are you wanting to mean by {compelling}?
B. By you writing here what you are wanting to mean by that, then if we replace your meaning in the statement,
1. Are you stateing that whatever you are wanting to mean by compelling, then what you are meaning is your opinion or do you want it to be meant as fact?
2. could there be others that consider death otherwise as you have stated depending on what you are wanting to mean by compelling?
C. how much is enough in your statment here,[...when you've seen enough...]? If you could post here your perception of that amount, then I could have the opportunity to respond accordingly.
D. other related clarification requests
Lou
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