life, death, and everything in between

[kashirakashira]

I suddenly became aware of my own mortality today. I've thought about death before, but I moreso acknowledged its existance than contemplated and really understood its meaning. The epiphany actually came to me during a James Joyce discussion in Lit. In Dubliners each chapter is about different characters who have empty, frugal lives and don't

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[sight]

That is some heavy stuff there. *nodnod* I'd go on about a whole shpeal, but I need to process it. Haha. So all I can currently give is like...*patpat hug* :3

[kashirakashira]

lol, keep at it XD

[sight]

*patpat hug.....molest* XDD

[diadiadia]

We just finished A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, coincidentally. And your feelings up there are one reason I more or less believe in reincarnation of some sort. It's a little more hopeful to think that even after a person's short existence is over, part of them goes on to live again, you know?

[decembrenight]

first, cute icon ^_^

Yea. In addition to what I said below, I definately believe in live after death in some form or another. Mabeye it's just my crutch to get through te day, but then again if you're in a world full of people with only one leg, is a crutch really such a bad thing?

[decembrenight]

lmfao...

live after death... I think that's an Iron Maiden live album

I meant life after death.

[kashirakashira]

I don't believe in reincarnation. There would be the same number of people.

[decembrenight]

Same thing happened to me the first time I saw Fight Club. Cliche or not, it happened. Of course, my "this is it" revelation is what led me to make friends and live rather than sit alone with my video games/books/whatever rather than made me crusade for any one thing.

As I've said, my goals lie in both preserving the world for my children and more importantly equipping my children to do even better than myself. Because good parents are few and far between. I never really feel despair for the long term future, because I know that things will move on without me and I know that the earth will recover and all things will eventually fall back into equilibrium. I know in the long run things will go back to normal. What I worry about is the short run - the next generation... the ones who will live and die on the earth I/we create. For them I feel personal responsibility. The Earth will take care of the long run.

[hyperviperbeam]

i totally agree,

let's make out.

[avagoyle]

making differences in the world is not hard unless you believe that fate guides everything. if you don't, then anyone can make a difference. i've made the difference many times before. if you want to make a difference so big that many others take notice then that's different. i think the important thing is to not try and concentrate on what will make the world better, but what will make you better first. the best way you can affect things is by living your life to the fullest, even if it is something that others view as mundane and pointless.