there is a (not so) current writing trend that is really pretty profound. short but profound. what it is is that authors, writers, and such are writing their whole memoir in just 6 words. some creative ones that i have found are... Nobody cared, then they did. Why? - Chuck Klosterman 70 years, few tears, hairy ears. - Bill Querengesser "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn" -Ernest Hemingway recently people have been putting pictures to their 6 word memoir and they have been incredible. here are some on this NPR LINK . so i think it would be great if each one of us did one about ourself. perhaps post a photoshopped picture and 6 words, or just your 6 word memoir all on its own. either way, i think it would be so interesting to see each others lives in a simple 6 words. HERE IS MINE: .............. LEFT BEHIND A LEFT BEHIND CHILD .................... alternates for mine: always looking, never finding. feeling found. lonely child found fame, lost self. -stephen so SO many good ones
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Furthermore...
"Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth
--that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."
--Socrates
- Joshua Bruns
Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary efforts to delay it and often consider its intrusion a tragic event. Yet we'd find it hard to live without it. Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it. If death were indefinitely put off, the human psyche would end up, well, like the gambler in the "Twilight Zone" episode.
- Ray Kurzwei
death is inevitable. it's gonna happen. i just don't want to dye in certain ways.
-Jaime
That and most of us are too busy pretending this earthly life is going to last forever to really think about it.
In other words, fear of death is understandable, and hardly condemnable. Should we fear it if we have no hope? Absolutely.
Those who know where they're going, on the other hand, probably should be feeling something of anticipation, nervousness, but no outright fear.
Disagreement to that is perfectly fine. After all, the words wisdom and fifteen-year-old are hardly synonymous.
~Mh~
Afraid? Of whom am I afraid?
Not death; for who is he?
The porter of my fathers lodge
As much abasheth me.
Of life? 'T were odd I fear a thing
That comprehendeth me
In one or more existences
At Deity's decree.
Of resurrection? Is the east
Afraid to trust the morn
With her fastidious forehead?
As soon impeach my crown!
Emily Dickenson
It is hard for me to fear something I have seen so much of. I know what awaits me. I think my worst fear is that I will die with so many regrets and will have lead a totally useless life...and that scares me more than death itself.
Skepticism gets the best of me... I think actively seeking the truth is good advice. I'm glad this became a discussion; it's good to know people share these thoughts. I appreciate all the input...
---Shane