*** Thursday, February 02, 2006 ***
I got the news this morning that my Grandpa died. Well, basically my Grandpa. He was married to my Dad's Mom after my real Grandpa died, but I never knew him, so this was who I knew as Grandpa on my Dad's side. He had a mild heart attack a while ago, so he was put into a nursing home, but his health continued to go downhill, and he passed away yesterday. He was 93.
I don't really like to think about death, and I don't really know how to react to it. It makes me feel selfish. The only time I really feel sad about it is if it was someone or something that I am going to miss. If someone I don't know dies, I couldn't care less. But really, what else is there to be sad about? You can't pity a dead person, whether you believe in an afterlife or not. If there is one, and they went to Heaven, then that should be a good thing, right? If they went to Hell, then they must deserve to be there. If you don't believe in an afterlife, then they're just plain dead, not sitting around wishing they were still alive or anything like that. Everyone and everything will die. It's a necessary part of life.
The part that I hate to think about though is the dying part. If you have few minutes or more where you realize you're going to die, that has to suck. I can't imagine what really goes through a person's head when they start slipping away and it hits them that it's all over. It's probably much easier for people who have had a long full life, but it is really sad to think about a young person having to realize they're dying. Unless they deserve it. Then I don't feel bad at all. And I always feel sad when an animal dies, because they never deserve it.
Well I'm done thinking about this. Death isn't something I want to concern myself with until it happens.
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
-Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
"Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills."
-Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not."
-Epicurus (341 BC - 270 BC)
"The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself."
-Publilius Syrus (100 BC)
"As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death."
-Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) i posted this at 11:09 AM ---
I don't really like to think about death, and I don't really know how to react to it. It makes me feel selfish. The only time I really feel sad about it is if it was someone or something that I am going to miss. If someone I don't know dies, I couldn't care less. But really, what else is there to be sad about? You can't pity a dead person, whether you believe in an afterlife or not. If there is one, and they went to Heaven, then that should be a good thing, right? If they went to Hell, then they must deserve to be there. If you don't believe in an afterlife, then they're just plain dead, not sitting around wishing they were still alive or anything like that. Everyone and everything will die. It's a necessary part of life.
The part that I hate to think about though is the dying part. If you have few minutes or more where you realize you're going to die, that has to suck. I can't imagine what really goes through a person's head when they start slipping away and it hits them that it's all over. It's probably much easier for people who have had a long full life, but it is really sad to think about a young person having to realize they're dying. Unless they deserve it. Then I don't feel bad at all. And I always feel sad when an animal dies, because they never deserve it.
Well I'm done thinking about this. Death isn't something I want to concern myself with until it happens.
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
-Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
"Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills."
-Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not."
-Epicurus (341 BC - 270 BC)
"The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself."
-Publilius Syrus (100 BC)
"As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death."
-Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) i posted this at 11:09 AM ---
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So, I am safe to assume you won't be attending the wake and ect.? even for the sake for your parents?
Not sure yet.... I have a very busy schedule early next week, and the service is in Cleveland, but if I can then I plan on going
Not to worry... I expect nothing less from you. I admit my post didn't make it sound like I really care at all, which would leave the topic open to fair game. But he was a good guy, and I feel bad for his wife and family.
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