I am going to die today, and tomorrow too

While doing my daily blogroll reading, I came across an entry in http://www.breaktheillusion.com/?p=1412 regarding death. It's okay, you can keep reading.

Read what my buddy Davey wrote, it is not Terminal, lol- go ahead........I'll wait.......


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After reading this, and the responses that followed, one in particular grabbed me----

I’m a medical student and while on the floor today, we had a patient that has
been diagnosed with Stage III Osteosarcoma transferred to our hospital. When I
walked into the room to get a history and physical the first thing she said to
me was, “I’m dying.” Taken back and with confusion on how to respond I light
heartedly said, “well, aren’t we all?” We both laugh and then she asked me,
“Well are you okay with that? (long pause while I’m in deep contemplation)
Because I am.”
All day I’ve been thinking, if I was now diagnosed with a terminal illness,
knowing I was going to die soon, would I be okay with that. Sadly, I still
haven’t answered that question to myself.


I can relate to this feeling of being not quite sure how I really feel about death.

Like most people, I avoid applying the concept to myself. And I avoid dealing with it when it concerns anyone I love. Never quite mastered that one.

We seem to spend most of our lives avoiding the subject, especially when it applies to ourselves.

We all know that it is a “fact of life”, yet see it as an be-all and end-all. But as Davey Wavey said, we all die (in some way) everyday.

Hopefully, we remember to LIVE each day too!