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Life is Fragile
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:49 pm
You hear it every day. Teenager dies in a car crash. Someone overdoses on drugs. A child is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and dies shortly after. Someone is riding a bike and is killed by a passing car.
In other words, death is all around us. These are but just a few examples. It’s hard to accept that a person can be here on the Earth one day, and then gone forever the next.
This has been on my mind a lot lately, how life is so fragile and can end any day. Any of you have any advice on how to accept this inevitability and not let it stress me out?
In other words, death is all around us. These are but just a few examples. It’s hard to accept that a person can be here on the Earth one day, and then gone forever the next.
This has been on my mind a lot lately, how life is so fragile and can end any day. Any of you have any advice on how to accept this inevitability and not let it stress me out?
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Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:52 pm to SaintlyTiger88
This planet is billions of years old. Every living creature is born, lives, and dies. None of us will make it out of life alive and none of us are that important.
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:53 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Keep on keeping on. I lost my mom in a car crash and my youngest brother took his life a year apart. I do my best not to think about it. When I do I drown my sorrows. But it's not often I think about it. Live brother. It's all we can do.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:53 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Find a hobby that takes your mind off of the frantic business of life. Unplug. Bonus if said hobby allows you to appreciate the world we have. A sunrise in the duck blind/fishing boat, reading a book on the back porch, etc.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:53 pm to SaintlyTiger88
A tall glass of bourbon, a kiss from my lady, and hearing the word on Sunday mornings every now and then keeps me at peace
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:54 pm to SaintlyTiger88
This life is but a stage in our existence. The next stage is forever.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:55 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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Any of you have any advice on how to accept this inevitability and not let it stress me out?
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
??John? ?10?:?10? ?NKJV??
Sounds like you have the wrong definition of “life.”
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 6:00 pm
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:55 pm to Tantal
Can’t argue this….
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:56 pm to SaintlyTiger88
It's easy to let it weigh on my mind. If I dwell on it, I get in a bad place
Gratitude lists can work wonders
Gratitude lists can work wonders
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:57 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I dwell on this stuff too much and the thing that settles my mind a lot is just thinking about all the old people I see and knowing that they got through life too and statistically most people in my life including myself will also get there just fine. It’s a scary world when you dwell on the anomalies.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:58 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I’m reminded of this tragic accident that happened in Lafayette years ago. This young guy in his 20’s, recent college grad, was sitting in his car at a stoplight. Coming up fast behind him was this person speeding way over the limit. He crashes into the back of the college grad’s car, and the grad is killed instantly. He wasn’t doing anything but waiting for the green light. He probably didn’t even see the other guy speeding up behind him.
This has always been an example to me that death can come at any time, any place, many times, out of our control.
This has always been an example to me that death can come at any time, any place, many times, out of our control.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:59 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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not let it stress me out?
We all deal with a vast array of things way, way, way out of our control every day.
I focus as best I can on controlling the controllables and my faith, and continue to work on letting go of worry about things I have no control over.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:59 pm to When in Rome
Actually a trip to st Jude’s can fix this. Try to walk around for a while and see how it makes you think then…
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:04 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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Any of you have any advice on how to accept this inevitability and not let it stress me out?
1. Obtain life insurance license
2. Sell life insurance
3. Spend all day reminding people about how fragile life is.
4. Get 9 “no” answers from people who spend fifteen minutes filling out a form to get life insurance because they don’t have any yet.
5. Listen to 6 of those 9 “no” people tell you about how they’re healthy so they won’t die anytime soon and will just revisit this later.
6. Sell 1 policy for a $600 commission.
7. Repeat steps 1-6 for the next couple hours of the day until you get that next “yes”.
Life sucks and is fragile. Make a living off of it.
If you’re real lucky, you’ll do it long enough to come across the situation I had a few months ago - customer buys a policy after putting it off time and time again. Two hours later, he gets on his motorcycle and dies when someone runs the red light. Boom - success story you get to tell to others all day every day, only for them to assume you’re making it up for a quick sale.
I’d like to close with this: if any of you SOB’s have been my prospects and told me no, I hope you die on your kids birthday without coverage and I hope your wife has to sell the house and move into a rental trailer until she finds a man with a bigger dick to live off of.
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:05 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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This has been on my mind a lot lately, how life is so fragile and can end any day. Any of you have any advice on how to accept this inevitability and not let it stress me out?
Go to Mass
Get confession.
Understand there is a lot more at play than you can control.
Be thankful for the days you have and don't waste then. Don't dwell on the inevitable. Life is truly a gift.
I've gotten blessed to have missed being taken out of here early twice. Life is amazing.
Keep your soul clean with the hope that when that day comes you don't end up in hell.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:18 pm to TDsngumbo
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I’d like to close with this: if any of you SOB’s have been my prospects and told me no, I hope you die on your kids birthday without coverage and I hope your wife has to sell the house and move into a rental trailer until she finds a man with a bigger dick to live off of.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:21 pm to SaintlyTiger88
It’s less a focus on death as a focus on living right and always being prepared to meet your maker. Live right and death will be a welcome reunion.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:23 pm to SaintlyTiger88
There are flies on the windscreen...
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:25 pm to ohieaux
I'm gonna live forever
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:31 pm to jeffsdad
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The next stage is forever.
This used to scare the crap out of me when I was a child. Still kind of does.
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