Recently, around the time I was signing the forms to a possible 'life-style' change and 5 year contract I started seriously thinking about it. Even then I wasn't particularly concerned about dying; I'm still not. If I go, lights out, game over, I'll see you all in hell. It's if I don't go, then I have to deal with issues, that's what I worry about.
"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. "
That poem sums it up for me...
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Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. "
That poem sums it up for me...
25 BTW
Amused
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Let me make a correction...
Today I was talking about the perception of time, and the realization that one doesn't have all the time in the world anymore. The cause of so many "midlife crisis" panic attacks that hit people in their 30s or 40s.
To me, that's also a realization of one's own mortality, but to others, it may just be a realization of how short time is. Either way, it's not merely a fear of one's own mortality. For others, it can even enhance the fear of someone else's mortality.
Sorry for the confusion. After thinking about it I realized that it probobly hits people differently depending on their priorities... but make no mistake, it hits all of us and it's a doozy.
Today I was talking about the perception of time, and the realization that one doesn't have all the time in the world anymore. The cause of so many "midlife crisis" panic attacks that hit people in their 30s or 40s.
To me, that's also a realization of one's own mortality, but to others, it may just be a realization of how short time is. Either way, it's not merely a fear of one's own mortality. For others, it can even enhance the fear of someone else's mortality.
Sorry for the confusion. After thinking about it I realized that it probobly hits people differently depending on their priorities... but make no mistake, it hits all of us and it's a doozy.
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Personally, I think the real "sufferers" of a mid life crisis fit a somewhat specific mold. They are people that have either burned significant bridges with friends and family(or simply have none) or people that have used money and intelligence to get them through life. Or some combination there of.
The mid life crisis comes when they wake up one day and realize that all the money and brains and toys they have won't win this battle of life. And they have no one around them that really truely care for them and it's something they just don't know how to rationally cope with.
I don't really know anyone in my immediate family or close coworkers in the 30-50 age group that has a strong family bond or not knee deep in materialist snobbery that has gone through anything resembeling a mid life crisis.
There's just something to be said for knowing you have somebody to lean on, knowing that somebody loves you, and that money and material posessions don't cheat death.
The mid life crisis comes when they wake up one day and realize that all the money and brains and toys they have won't win this battle of life. And they have no one around them that really truely care for them and it's something they just don't know how to rationally cope with.
I don't really know anyone in my immediate family or close coworkers in the 30-50 age group that has a strong family bond or not knee deep in materialist snobbery that has gone through anything resembeling a mid life crisis.
There's just something to be said for knowing you have somebody to lean on, knowing that somebody loves you, and that money and material posessions don't cheat death.
queenrobot
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I feel that fundamentally, you are always concerned with your own mortality first. However, certain circumstances could change that.
Seeing is how you're likely nowhere near the point where you will be seriously facing the reality of your morality, I don't think you can say with any conviction that you're not scared of it.
Wait until you get closer to that point, then see how you feel.
Wait until you get closer to that point, then see how you feel.
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