Am Dienstag, 8. August 2006 20:37 schrieb Devdas Bhagat: > > I figure some people would dispute that. On the other hand, > Live fast, die young has a certain attraction.
I'm not that old, just approaching the 50s, but I had gone through several sections of time in which I didn't see a point in living. Now, I don't regret to have gone through these experiences, and I enjoy the knowledge that's just called experience that accumulates somewhere in my mind/brain and makes life so enjoyable. I like to make use of it (the experience), and on the other hand, I notice already how my children overtake me in certain areas of life. So I realize: I grow old, and while I still enjoy life, I learn that dying isn't that far away anymore. I've probably reached the top of the hill already. There is also death around in the neighbourhood (meaning relatives, parents, uncles and aunts etc.), I can't avoid it. And as a pastor, I have to handle death almost daily, while I see how people have grown or begin to grow with the experience of caring for a dying person. Surely I don't want to die a long death, but if it has to be, it's ok, too, because I know: it's worth it. Martin -- Martin Senftleben, Doctor of Philosophy, S.V. University, using Linux http://www.drmartinus.de/ http://www.daskirchenjahr.de/
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