Thoughts and Reflections on Life and Death

• fudgester

  4 Jul 06, 19:06

  My grandfather passed away last night from complications arising from pneumonia.
  
  As a result, I had to take leave from my internship today at extremely short notice so as to attend the funeral and the wake just now. After all the grieving, all the prayers and all the other funeral preparations, I found myself asking myself, "So, Fudge.... what have you been doing with YOUR life?"
  
  Let's face it; right now while we're all still young and living a carefree existence it doesn't really occur to us that we're all gonna die sooner or later. We may all end up living a good and meaningful life like my grandfather did. That, is until he had a debillitating stroke a few years ago which left him bedridden. Even so, I could see him trying to hold on to having a meaningful life, until pneumonia effectively ended it.
  
  Then again, death may simply claim us at any time and at any place. Death does not discriminate between the young and old when it comes to sudden death (ie by accident, severe illness, etc).
  
  So I just want to ask you guys: How often do you guys think about the idea that someday, we're all gonna die?
  
  How do you respond to that thought: with dread, or with the resolve to live life to the fullest as much as you can?
• Ito_^

  4 Jul 06, 19:25

  How often do you guys think about the idea that someday, we're all gonna die?
  
  Ans: Quite often.
  
  How do you respond to that thought: with dread, or with the resolve to live life to the fullest as much as you can?
  
  Ans: Nothing.
• OasisBlue

  4 Jul 06, 19:33

  we HAVE to die dats my opinion
• StarPuppy

  4 Jul 06, 19:35

  my condolences fudgester
  
  dun't grieve too much over it...all of us have to leave this earth one day
  
  
  
  it is true we might die anyday...so why not live our life to the fullest
  
  in everything i do..i make sure that i do not end the day with regret
  
  
• fudgester

  4 Jul 06, 19:50

  Originally posted by StarPuppy:

  my condolences fudgester
  
  dun't grieve too much over it...all of us have to leave this earth one day
  
  
  
  it is true we might die anyday...so why not live our life to the fullest
  
  in everything i do..i make sure that i do not end the day with regret
  
  

  Yeah I know.... I'll get over it.... thanks.
  
  I'm just interested to know how often you guys actually think about this sort of thing: that we're all gonna die sooner or later.
• StarPuppy

  4 Jul 06, 19:52

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Yeah I know.... I'll get over it.... thanks.
  
  I'm just interested to know how often you guys actually think about this sort of thing: that we're all gonna die sooner or later.

  rather than worry when we gonna die....why not do our best and not regret what we didn't do
• laurence82

  4 Jul 06, 20:10

  condolences fudgie
  
  my grandma just passed away less than two weeks ago
  
  i am pondering over the same questions too
  
  
• fudgester

  4 Jul 06, 20:42

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  condolences fudgie
  
  my grandma just passed away less than two weeks ago
  
  i am pondering over the same questions too
  
  

  Thanks.
  
  My condolences to you too.
• Gordonator

  5 Jul 06, 23:28

  this thought occured to me once. after much thinking, my conclusion is this, to live my life to the fullest everyday without regrets.
  
  that's why i'm always doing something, so that i don't waste precious seconds of my life.
• Patrik

  5 Jul 06, 23:30

  Life no meaning le.
• maggot

  5 Jul 06, 23:46

  Live each day to the fullest
  
  Cherish whatever you have
• SingaporeMacross

  5 Jul 06, 23:55

  my condolences, fudgester..
• Ito_^

  6 Jul 06, 00:03

  life and death comes and goes as naturally like the changing of season, the blooming and falling of flowers and the flow of river into the sea. what that starts must end, what has ended will initiate another beginning. thats about it to death and life.