(November 4, 2013 at 9:08 pm)c172 Wrote:(November 1, 2013 at 2:31 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I don't fear death.
I fear dying.
I'm pretty much on board with this. I don't want to die, because I enjoy life, and the mere fact that life exists. Christians talk about mystery; the aforementioned fact is a mystery.
I do fear the physical process of death, which can come in many ways. Aheart attack sounds painful and doom-filled. Breathing trouble can induce panic. A car accident that you initially survive only to be pronounced dead at the hospital? Do not want!
So, I'd need to vote both, but I voted neither.
From what I understand is that it is the ultimate high
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
