Are you ready to go?

I have a friend who has said a few times now, he would be ready to go. He's done everything he's wanted to do. It wouldn't bother him if he knew he would have a few months left to live. He's 40.

That's surprising to me as I want to live forever, there just are way too many things to do and a lifetime isn't enough.

How do you feel about this, mention your sign.

I do not much care whether I die tonight while I sleep, never wake up again or tomorrow or the day after that or a week from now or a month, a year, a decade, etc.
Has nothing to do with whether I have done things I want to do or not.
I simply do not care much. I have been this way as long as I have lived.
If I die and/then I die.

Posted by xxixxi
I do not much care whether I die tonight while I sleep, never wake up again or tomorrow or the day after that or a week from now or a month, a year, a decade, etc.
Has nothing to do with whether I have done things I want to do or not.
I simply do not care much. I have been this way as long as I have lived.
If I die and/then I die.

What is your sign?

gemini

There are plenty of things I want to accomplish in life, sure, call it passing time in this world trying to make the best of it before the big sleep. But I really dont see how it matters what we accomplish or do in life, we all have to go through the rectum of life in the end; the halls of a morgue.

So in a sense I'll never be ready to go, but on he other hand, I don't feel goals & accomplishments in life amount to anything at all when you look at the big picture. They are just a way of passing time. Like toys in a kindergarten. They are fun and stimulating. But I actually find it comforting that life has no meaning or purpose really, and that in the eyes of death, we're all the same, no matter what you have or haven't done in life.

I'm sorry, am I bringing everyone down this evening?

NOOOO

Lots to do yet.

Sag

Yes.

There's a lot I'd still like to experience in life but if death came knocking on my door, I'd have no regrets.

Virgo.

Posted by cheekyfaerie
If it was just me, i'd be fine. As it is, i'm like scribble. Kids are a powerful motivator to stay alive.

Cappy

Most definitely??_

Posted by enfant_terrible
There are plenty of things I want to accomplish in life, sure, call it passing time in this world trying to make the best of it before the big sleep. But I really dont see how it matters what we accomplish or do in life, we all have to go through the rectum of life in the end; the halls of a morgue.

So in a sense I'll never be ready to go, but on he other hand, I don't feel goals & accomplishments in life amount to anything at all when you look at the big picture. They are just a way of passing time. Like toys in a kindergarten. They are fun and stimulating. But I actually find it comforting that life has no meaning or purpose really, and that in the eyes of death, we're all the same, no matter what you have or haven't done in life.

I'm sorry, am I bringing everyone down this evening?

Hello Enfant 🙂

Well when the person said that he would be ready to die tomorrow, he felt fulfilled or whatever, I felt totally not ready. I just seem to have so much life in me, ya know?

Posted by xcake
My organs are for donation after death.

I want to do this. It's a good thing.

Posted by Damnata
Yes.

There's a lot I'd still like to experience in life but if death came knocking on my door, I'd have no regrets.

Virgo.

I like this.

Hahaha! 😛

Me too Prince, mee too 🙂

I used to think I would be ok if it happened, until I came close to death and realized I was way to young to die and had so many thing I still wanted to do. If you haven't been at that point it can be easy to say yes I'd be ok with it.

It inspired me to start truly living my life instead of just existing. I also value and cherish the little things more than I ever had before.

Sudo-Virgo 😛

Aqua 😉

I used to welcome death when I was younger I even used to go to lengths to shorten it??_.but it was a process I went through to make me appreciate life even more??_I love life and I'm not scared of death??_.though I am scared of suffering and if i was suffering I would welcome death but suffering is a part of the beauty of life as well and to me it doesn't matter what your last hours are like??_..the chances of existence are very unlikely and to have existed at all I am grateful??_.

I have always wondered what it would be like to be immortal and to go through life spans alone and all the different thoughts I would have, going in and out of insanity and eventually living on the sun or on distant planets??_.to be immortal is such a big gamble because you don't know what eternity has in store for you and the same goes with death.

aqua ^^

I couldn't do the immortal thing, as odd as this sounds; I couldn't handle the alone part! I know such an odd thing for an Aqua to say!


Organ donor here too~ figure if I'm gone what good will it do me? help others out!!

what's your point Kraft?

Posted by justagirl
I couldn't do the immortal thing, as odd as this sounds; I couldn't handle the alone part! I know such an odd thing for an Aqua to say!


Organ donor here too~ figure if I'm gone what good will it do me? help others out!!

Agreed.

Some people are *really* funny about it, though.

Usually the same folks who don't want to be cremated.

No offense intended, of course, to those who feel that way.

This reminds me of the quote. I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.- Ovid. That would be something to consider. Capricorn

Posted by ElusiveSoul
Why are so many hung up on the idiology of youth and living forever? o.O

Most memorable words that I would cherish for as long as I live, came from my grandmother; "each wrinkle on my face represents a life experience and I ware them proudly!"

That's a neat quote elusive.

Funny question for me I suppose. I've seen what I've set out to see as a kid, in fact even reached a lot of the goals I set for myself as a kid but it seems the world is forever changing and I find myself wanting to do more and more and experiencing this world as it happens.

So many things to see, so many things to learn and so many interesting people I've yet to meet. No I'm not ready to go just yet. I want to achieve someone great and leave my footprint in history. Even if I can't foresee myself changing the future anytime soon there's no harm in trying 😛

I refuse to have a boring life and if I were to go, I might as well go out with a bang.

*something

Posted by mrdesperado
This reminds me of the quote. I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.- Ovid. That would be something to consider. Capricorn

or years of health...

So a week before my mother died, she said that a man in a white suit with a briefcase came to her and said.. .My name is Gabriel and you have to come with me. She said she told him no I am not ready. She said he said ok I will be back and then he left. She died a week later.

Call me crazy but I think you are asked if you are ready when the time comes. I think the choice is yours.

My grandmother was so ready. She was 98 when she died and I think she use to be mad when she woke up in the morning....like damn I'm still here.

I must have issues that still need to be worked out. Could be the reason I cannot imagine this inevitable end.

Posted by ElusiveSoul

Posted by aquapiscescusp
I must have issues that still need to be worked out. Could be the reason I cannot imagine this inevitable end.

There comes the time WE ALL need to go! Inevitable cycle, beautiful! 🙂

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NOOOOOOoooo, I don't want to think about it 😉

Ready or not, when your time is up there isn't anything you can do about it.

It would be so simple if you could just go to sleep and not wake again, however, there is a fair amount of suffering involved with most deaths, whether this is by age or disease or accident. You will fight for your last breathe even if it causes extreme pain.

And as Enfant says, what does it matter what we do while we are here after we are dead? There will always be the ones that love us that carry loving memories. The only real impact most of us have are for our immediate families and friends.

Posted by Nala13
So a week before my mother died, she said that a man in a white suit with a briefcase came to her and said.. .My name is Gabriel and you have to come with me. She said she told him no I am not ready. She said he said ok I will be back and then he left. She died a week later.

Umm yeah sorry but that didn't happen. Not outside of her mind anyway.

Posted by ElusiveSoul

Posted by mrdesperado
That's a neat quote elusive.

Suffice to say, she died at 104 yoa...

Talk about longevity! :p

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What's the secret?

My grandmother swore by a shot of Sambuca with her espresso in the morning 😉

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Posted by Nala13
So a week before my mother died, she said that a man in a white suit with a briefcase came to her and said.. .My name is Gabriel and you have to come with me. She said she told him no I am not ready. She said he said ok I will be back and then he left. She died a week later.

Umm yeah sorry but that didn't happen. Not outside of her mind anyway.

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She was heavily medicated at the end so perhaps you are right.

I still find it comforting to think I could ask for a little more time with my loved ones and the request be honored.

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She was heavily medicated at the end so perhaps you are right.

I still find it comforting to think I could ask for a little more time with my loved ones and the request be honored.

Faith is important in life. Believing in a higher power, whatever you may call him/her, in something beyond this earthly existence, gives direction and sense.

Besides my above comment, I'm totally ready to die, and as someone else said in a previous comment, I've always pretty much felt this way.

Can't share my Sun sign. Sorry.