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[quote=Anonymous][quote=ddintysons][quote]I'm 40 and yes, I've already had kids. I guess I have a hard time imagining it because I've always been so future oriented, I can't imagine what it's like to be old and realize that I probably don't even have five years left. I mean how do you deal with that? Just try not to think about it, or are people that age generally at the point where they feel ready to die because they feel like their time for being here has passed?[/quote]

Do you know why you are concerned about how much time you have left?  In your post, you worry about not having "five years left" and people feeling like "their time for being here has passed."  Is there something you really wanted to do that you have not done?  Then, do it now.  Are you worried you will not live as long as someone else or others your age?
If so, why?

OP - live in the present moment, the moment happening right now, today.  Enjoy it.

Worrying if you will get more tomorrows diminishes the pleasure that you can find today.  Once you understand and accept that today is all we really have, then you can let go of yesterday and tomorrow and truly enjoy where you are and where you always will be.[/quote]

This is good advice, but really a lot of this stems out of sheer curiosity.  Is this what most people do when they get old?  I guess I'm just wondering what the "typical" way is for people to deal with this.  It's something that's difficult to know because no one wants to come out and tell and ask an older person, "Hey how does it feel to know you will die soon?"  Unless someone volunteers the information, there's no way to find out. [/quote]

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