How do you feel about the fact that you will die one day?

[BrianNole09]

Does death make you scared?

Do you never think about it?

Life is not a dress rehearsal. I'm 30 and I think about it a few times a month. I wouldn't want to live forever, although I certainly don't want to die for a long time. The fact that humans only exist for 60-80 years until we are gone for billions of years makes me want to make this life count. I'm not religious and I think that when we die, we are gone, just like before we were born.

I really fear being on my death bed and thinking that I never got to do what I wanted to do while I was alive. I fear being on my death bed and realizing I was just a human wallet for a wife and kids, or that someone else killed my dreams.

Anyways, I only have one purpose to my life really and that's to travel our planet.

What are your thoughts?

 

[The_Joker13]

You sound like you might need therapy....just a thought.

 

[BrianNole09]

You sound like you might need therapy....just a thought.

Thanks for the brilliant contribution

 

[Herkmeister]

I'm old, I think about it quite a bit. Today I ate too much and feel like I'm gonna stroke out. So now, I'm gonna eat some more!!!!!!!!!!

 

[The_Joker13]

Thanks for the brilliant contribution

Yea I know. To answer your question, yes. It doesn't scare me, but I'm relatively young at 32.

 

[artradley]

58 and I am more comfortable with the idea than I was when I was younger. The only thing that really bums me about dying is not getting to do everything I'd like before going; and because I was 40 before I had kids I probably won't see my grandkids grow up.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

If kick the bucket today, while being sad about missing my family I would also feel satisfied that I lived the life I wanted and ultimately chose by my actions or in actions.

 

[95Hawk]

This is why God keeps created 20-year old women...you get older and they stay the same age.

 

[Walleye70]

The real question is: why do vegans and peta etc give a crap about when anyone dies besides themselves? I assume that 80 percent of them are okay with murdering babies in the womb

 

[JWolf74]

The real question is: why do vegans and peta etc give a crap about when anyone dies besides themselves? I assume that 80 percent of them are okay with murdering babies in the womb

No, that is not the real question. Not even tangential, really.

Vegans are strange birds, though.

 

[moral_victory]

The real question is: why do vegans and peta etc give a crap about when anyone dies besides themselves? I assume that 80 percent of them are okay with murdering babies in the womb

You got fetus on the brain?

 

[Pepperman]

I realized today that since I own a gun I'm much more likely to die.

 

[BrianNole09]

58 and I am more comfortable with the idea than I was when I was younger. The only thing that really bums me about dying is not getting to do everything I'd like before going; and because I was 40 before I had kids I probably won't see my grandkids grow up.

What else do you want to do besides see your grandkids grow up?

 

[moral_victory]

I realized today that since I own a gun I'm much more likely to die.

Well technically you still run the same risk of dying.

 

[artradley]

What else do you want to do besides see your grandkids grow up?

Hike the Appalachian Trail. Drive through the 48 states. Spend about 30 retirement years where I do whatever I want day after day. Mainly things that take way more time than I have.

 

[Pepperman]

On a serious note, the one thing that worries me the most... because I understand math, I am a saver. I don't want to be the guy in the nursing home someday that says "I wish I would have spent some more money when I was young and able to do ______"

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

This is what I think:

Life's too short so love the one ya got.
Cause ya might get run over or ya might get shot.

 

[artradley]

This is what I think:

Life's too short so love the one ya got.
Cause ya might get run over or ya might get shot.

Especially Pepperman...

 

[shoot_the_three]

Pepperman I am in the same boat. How much is enough and one day I may regret dieing in a nursing home with a list of things that I should have done but was hesitant to spend the money. Don't get me wrong I want to leave the wife in a good spot but I put off trips and spending money because I don't need it or we can do it later. We are going to the Rose Bowl this year after saying the last 10 yrs that we should go to the bowl game and not going.

 

[strummingram]

I plan on dying at night.

 

[jdeck30]

This is what I think:

Life's too short so love the one ya got.
Cause ya might get run over or ya might get shot.

So which charity is receiving your wealth?

 

[joelbc1]

My funeral is paid. The service and music is complete. The will is written and the kids have the key phone numbers and contacts to make at the time. This was done 15 years ago. I got the Red Sox home a couple of times, the Hawks have gone undefeated, they have won the Rose and Orange Bowls.I just wanna see the Brownies win a Super Bowl first. I've seen a black man become POTUS (hell, I even witnessed a "B" grade Hollywood actoe. I saw the war end in Viet Nam. Hell, I even witnessed a "B" grade actor become POTUS.
My demise is gonna happen. I just wanna see the Brownies get one.

 

[YellowSnow51]

I'm fine with it...unless my suicide group does it without me. They've been acting all sneaky lately. Jerks. I'll kill 'em if they do that.

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

It's inevitable, sooner or later. I think the better question mankind has and always asks is what happens when you die?

 

[BrianNole09]

It's inevitable, sooner or later. I think the better question mankind has and always asks is what happens when you die?

It's like unplugging a TV. I think.

 

[LuteHawk]

Christianity centers on Christ who conquered death through
His Resurrection on Easter Morning. For the non-Christian
the cemetery is a dead end street. For the Christian who
believes in Christ, eternal life in heaven is a free gift.

 

[moral_victory]

Christianity centers on Christ who conquered death through
His Resurrection on Easter Morning. For the non-Christian
the cemetery is a dead end street. For the Christian who
believes in Christ, eternal life in heaven is a free gift.

Today is not the day for these types of fairy tales.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

So which charity is receiving your wealth?

The St. Louis Hawk Foundation has always supported the vision of a better tomorrow for single mother exotic dancers and Soulard stewardesses.

 

[lucas80]

Hike the Appalachian Trail. Drive through the 48 states. Spend about 30 retirement years where I do whatever I want day after day. Mainly things that take way more time than I have.

I was looking around Colorado parks and thought about the 14,000 foot peaks and people that climb them all. I decided before I get old I want to do one of them. Maybe two summers from now.

 

[hansenhawk]

I just get upset that we spend our whole lives working, a slave to the dollar bill.

Miss out on so much because of money.

If it didn't exist and we were able to just do what we wanted, life would be so much more fulfilling.

 

[artradley]

It's inevitable, sooner or later. I think the better question mankind has and always asks is what happens when you die?

Odds would seem to be that it will be just like before you were born.

 

[lucas80]

Pepperman I am in the same boat. How much is enough and one day I may regret dieing in a nursing home with a list of things that I should have done but was hesitant to spend the money. Don't get me wrong I want to leave the wife in a good spot but I put off trips and spending money because I don't need it or we can do it later. We are going to the Rose Bowl this year after saying the last 10 yrs that we should go to the bowl game and not going.

Mrs. Lucas vetoed going to the Rose Bowl even though we've got plenty of money for the trip. She wants to use it for a family vacation. I came around to her way of thinking. I think about how should my young children be left if I get hit by a bus. They should be fine. But, what about if I pass when they are years out of college (Debt free thanks to me)? It hurts the head to think about things like this some times.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Mrs. Lucas vetoed going to the Rose Bowl even though we've got plenty of money for the trip. She wants to use it for a family vacation.

I hear Pasadena is nice this time of year. Lots of things for the kids to do.

 

[lucas80]

I hear Pasadena is nice this time of year. Lots of things for the kids to do.

Well, really it isn't. Southern California has a lot of spread out things, and traffic wastes a lot of time. If we had time to organize things better to optimize our time it might have worked. One child couldn't care less about Iowa sports, so all the money spent on her to go would have been wasted. That went into our thinking. We'll spend a week in the Black Hills and the Badlands next Summer. Everyone agreed on that spot. Lots of sites to see and lots of hiking.

 

[lucas80]

58 and I am more comfortable with the idea than I was when I was younger. The only thing that really bums me about dying is not getting to do everything I'd like before going; and because I was 40 before I had kids I probably won't see my grandkids grow up.

Mrs. Lucas took off to go see her father die a little. He's degenerating quickly and he's emotionally at rock bottom. It's too early, but he has something that there is no cure for. Is it possible to be prepared for this? Probably not. How do you check into a hospital for a few days and get told you might have 18 months, most of which will be spent just fighting to breath?
Lavish the grandkids now, Art.

 

[Pepperman]

I just get upset that we spend our whole lives working, a slave to the dollar bill.

Miss out on so much because of money.

If it didn't exist and we were able to just do what we wanted, life would be so much more fulfilling.

Reminds me of some email forward I received once. It was something about how an American worked his whole life so he could retire wealthy and simply go fishing each day. Meanwhile, a million Indonesians wake up every morning knowing no other lifestyle and they'd rather be the American.

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

Mrs. Lucas took off to go see her father die a little. He's degenerating quickly and he's emotionally at rock bottom. It's too early, but he has something that there is no cure for. Is it possible to be prepared for this? Probably not. How do you check into a hospital for a few days and get told you might have 18 months, most of which will be spent just fighting to breath?
Lavish the grandkids now, Art.

No way to be prepared. My grandma passed away a week and a half ago, she was ill, she was in hospice and even though you knew it was coming. You're still not as prepared for it as you think.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

I see myself dying at about age 86, with an expensive 22 year old hooker riding me.

 

[Hawk_82]

The only thing I fear about death is what leads up to it. I do not fear a quick death, I do fear a long painful one.

I Also fear for my son that he be taken care of when I'm gone

Other than that I unfortunately don't believe that there is some big meaning behind my life. I hope I have made a positive lasting impact on a few peoples lives but beyond that I am here to enjoy life and my family

 

[KennyPowers_96]

I don't fear death or even the onslaught. I do fear leaving my two daughters behind, if it was to happen in the next 6 years while they are still home. They'll be fine financially, but I won't be there for them when they need me.

Other than that, I've lived a good life and plan to continue doing so until my time is up.