Zone1 Today, I decided I'm ready for death

[BreezeWood]

judgement is only for those who sinned no more - desert dwellers need not apply ... good luck.

 

[Votto]

I wonder it it's because I'm 59 and will be 60 in two months.

I'm Catholic, so I know what death is.

It's a transition to a better place.

I'm ready.

Die now or join Congress and live another 50 years

The choice is yours.
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After all, they have the easiest job in the world with the best health care

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Die now or join Congress and live another 50 years

The choice is yours.
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After all, they have the easiest job in the world with the best health care

So you are saying Obamacare is the best health care, because that is what they have?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

ACA is better than nothing.

 

[jackflash]

I wonder it it's because I'm 59 and will be 60 in two months.

I'm Catholic, so I know what death is.

It's a transition to a better place.

I'm ready.

All physical bodies are born to die. Smart move on your part to to take out an insurance policy with the Mutual of Messiah. Physical bodies come & go but our spirits last forever.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

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Yeah ... I get it ... But damn, contemplating mortality is kind of a bummer.
Glad I haven't gotten around to that yet ... And still think life is a precious blessing ...

I love life ... All the things to explore ... The beauty many people just walk right by in their lives.
I like seeking out challenges ... Following paths that I don't completely know where they will lead ...
The surprises and wonders of the world or this creation ... And even its brutality at times.

"Live your life living ... Or live your life waiting to die" ~ BlackSand

But that's just me ...
And I am sure there are people who think otherwise.

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Shot at and Missed, Shit at and Hit

I had only a 50% chance of surviving my assigned tour in Vietnam. When I got out of combat, I never felt appreciative of life or glad to be alive. I cried once, but that was because all those who died would miss life's normal pleasures, which I was experiencing at the time. The idea that those who came back would be full of life and want to take on the world is one of the many lies we are told must be true or we wouldn't have been told them again and again and again.

Second, I never thought about dying in combat. In order to stay sane, you had to pretend it just wouldn't happen to you

 

[BlackSand]

Shot at and Missed, Shit at and Hit

I had only a 50% chance of surviving my assigned tour in Vietnam. When I got out of combat, I never felt appreciative of life or glad to be alive. I cried once, but that was because all those who died would miss life's normal pleasures, which I was experiencing at the time. The idea that those who came back would be full of life and want to take on the world is one of the many lies we are told must be true or we wouldn't have been told them again and again and again.

Second, I never thought about dying in combat. In order to stay sane, you had to pretend it just wouldn't happen to you

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I'm pretty sure that you and I are a lot different ... But for starters in reference to what you posted ...
I served in a 100% Volunteer Military ... And volunteered for some things that might have gotten me killed while in.

However ... I can see why you disagree with me so often ...
Because what I learned in Service has served me well ... In my life after the Service ...
And is very much part of where I gained the courage ... To follow my dreams ...
And not be shackled to the rat-race ... Or a prisoner of my own making ...

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[Votto]

So you are saying Obamacare is the best health care, because that is what they have?

If you think the rich folk in Congress has the same access to health care that you do, I have a bridge I would like to sell ya.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

If you think the rich folk in Congress has the same access to health care that you do, I have a bridge I would like to sell ya.

No. Ther care is worse, because I have the VA with Medicare as a backup.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

VA with Medicare is better than congressional care.

 

[hobelim]

We should all be prepared and live our lives so that G-d rewards us.

The dude says he is catholic, ready to die today! (Wonder what took him so long.)

I was thinking that I should alert him to the fact that he died in the very day he first set aside the Law of God to worship a trinity and desecrate the teachings of Jesus, the Actual Body of Christ, as if WORDS from God could be made by human hands and then handed out and eaten like a cheap snack food, but then I decided not to.

HE HAS HIS REWARD ALREADY!

Death, the wages of sin. He's been very well acquainted with death perhaps for decades, completely unaware.

He couldn't hear the truth, much less accept it, even if it smacked him upside his religiously addled head. Sad.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

hobelim, stop being a boob.

 

[skye]

 

[Leo123]

I wonder it it's because I'm 59 and will be 60 in two months.

I'm Catholic, so I know what death is.

It's a transition to a better place.

I'm ready.

Chill, you're still relatively young, besides we all have only the present. The past is gone and the future is not here.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I wonder it it's because I'm 59 and will be 60 in two months.

I'm Catholic, so I know what death is.

It's a transition to a better place.

I'm ready.

Heard this today and it made me think, as a Catholic. Our priest directs us to think about what would happen if we are called to martyrdom.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I think "we" are misconstruing the OP.

He is saying that he is no longer frantically getting his shit in order, afraid that he might die abruptly and leaving something important undone.

He is not saying he is suicidal. Just the opposite.

I am 75 and I have no fear of death. My biggest health fear is a stroke that leaves me helpless but fully aware and alert. Kinda like what Dennis Prager is going through. That is my nightmare.

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Right on.


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[fncceo]

Start a new life as if you just graduated high school

Checklist

• Buy a Dodge Charger
• Stock up on Heavy Metal LPs
• Get a job that requires me to wear a name tag and or hairnet
• Have a series of meaningless relationships with people I don't care about

 

[BreezeWood]

No. Ther care is worse, because I have the VA with Medicare as a backup.

VA with Medicare is better than congressional care.

- and scratching their political cronies back for even more is proof itself of their inhumane shortcomings they suffer on a daily basis.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

You need help. Suicide is bad.

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Even the Catholic church has accepted that there are extenuating circumstances around suicide, and that it may not be the sin we've always thought it was.

Like for people who are in chronic extreme pain. Or those who are deeply mentally ill and can no longer contemplate the meaning right or wrong of suicide.

Anyway, OP doesn't sound suicidal.



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[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Are you decrepit?
God will surely take you, but while you wait, why not enjoy life a little more?

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I'm not decrepit but dealing with challenges. The thing that makes life most worth living is the activity of thanking the Lord every day for the gifts he's given me.


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