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To: Lazarus who wrote (87724)3/5/2012 10:30:03 PM
From: average joe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217666
 
"agreed. and there is an eminent crisis which we ALL face: DEATH."

Agreed but dont lose too much sleep over it.

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." Helen Keller



To: Lazarus who wrote (87724)3/5/2012 10:49:47 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 217666
 
Only a crisis if you lived poorly ... :o)

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleepe as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

Courtesy John Donne



To: Lazarus who wrote (87724)3/6/2012 9:05:00 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 217666
 
It's called existential dichotomy. Man is the only animal aware of his existence and, thus, knows he is going to die.

No other animal suffers from existential dichotomy.