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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being shocked that we will die is what is the motivator for  living.  We each come with a little chip that informs us with the lie that we are invincible,  immortal,  and special. When that tears away it's too hard to comprehend,  so we invent structures 
and platitudes  around it,like belief systems  ( religion, or everything happens for a reason, rainbow bridge, it was his time) and sometimes death defies all that. We know it, but it's too hard to believe.

For me, it was a sobering moment watching a plain unmarked van carry my neighbor, who died in his sleep, out of our street on a drizzly afternoon. No one standing around with their dog or lawnmower  even knew that was him,  the van and loading was obligatory and unconventional like removing a chair. Life just moves on. 
Make each day count. [/quote]

you are smart and i wish i knew you IRL. I wish i had someone to have these conversations with about death. My friends just want to talk about getting strong and pilates and HRT and someone they knew who got cancer at 47 and i feel like screaming - you're missing the point, nothing is promised, no day is promised, you can't outrun it. now adjust to that. [/quote]

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