as a grown man, one of the most stark differences in turning into a man is I completely lost my fear of death. I have zero fear of death. Maybe it's the lifestyle I led up until finally becoming a man, I don't know.

Another weird thing that happened is I completely lost all fear of heights. I could hang off one of those skyscrapers like the crazy Russians and it not bother me a single bit. But as a young man I can remember certain times walking to the side of a highrise and not stepping close to the edge.

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Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:43 pm to SuperSaint

Going into my first battle in Vietnam at age 19, I thought I was immortal. When the shooting began, the tracers whizzing by, the grenades exploding, I knew I was mortal and would die. When it was over and I stood and looked at the dead around me, I felt immortal again.

Going into my second battle, I again felt immortal — until it all came down around me again. I trembled, I feared, I was resigned to falling. But when the battle ended and again I stood and looked around, I suspected I just might be immortal.

And so it went, time and again, battle after battle, confirming my immortality by exposing me to my mortality.

Then I came home, lived life and watched several of my young friends die in auto accidents and private plane crashes. Again I proved immortal.

Then at 53 I had a rather serious heart attack and thought the reaper had finally remembered to collect my soul. But I again cheated him and was convinced I was immortal.

Now, approaching 70, I finally realize the truth — I am indeed immortal. Until I’m not. And I’ll not be around to contemplate how I was wrong.

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