Papaw

How sad. It also sucks to die in a hospital. When my time comes I am going to hike up into the Cairngorms and not come back. Bless him and I hope they are keeping him out of pain.

Re: Papaw

as long as you don't run off to a house on the beach I will be happy

I'm here if you need me. Janie loves Brett.

Silently He Prays...........................

It may look bad now, But your Grandfather Is getting better on the other side as he is getting worser over here. In heaven his body is appearing and down here he is leaving. I know how bad it hurts but he has done his job. When he was born everyone was happy and he was crying. Well the trick is when you leave everyone around you should be crying and you should be happy. That's what life is all about. Leaving your legacy and rememberance in the hands of the one who truly loves you.

Peace
JF

The Repudiated Immortals

The creator of what’s now cliché had some funny words to say
”all you little things are incomplete”
why did he speak of us that way?
I don’t cry not ’cause I don’t care
It’s very hard to feel the way we used to feel up there
The creator of what’s now cliché
Wants us little things to cry and feel alone

But don’t don’t lose hope no no no no
No no no don’t feel sad ’cause it’s a violent world
But there’s still beauty
I’ll take care of you if you take care of me

I like to sit and listen to the sound
Of the snowflakes landing on the trees
But I can’t get used to feeling cold
I can’t get used to what has happened here to you and me
There’s no escaping so I won’t try
It’s just the heaviness that comes with knowing you will never die


the heaviness of death could never overbear the heaviness of living forever. think about it.

tara

Re: The Repudiated Immortals

dude(tte)... yes it would. I would MUCH rather live forever than die. I'm really afraid of dying. and getting old. I dont want to do either.

Re: The Repudiated Immortals

magic doesn't happen. we are all biological and therefore we have to get old. we'd get to a point where we would simply be robots if we lived forever.

how could death possibly be heavier on an individual than immortality? I don't think you have stopped to think about the consequences that would come with living forever. It's a pretty heavy matter compared to death.

plus, I just don't base any fears on death. Ageing - sure I'm afraid of it. but that's why I would prefer to die than be an old robot. You always reply as if you are trying to correct me. I have opinions too you know.

Re: The Repudiated Immortals

Hey, sorry. I didn't mean for it to be an attack or correction. The internet sucks like that because you cant tell what tone or the emotion there is behind words. I realise you hae your own opinions, i'd be worried if you didnt.

I'm not asking for magic to happen, but I am fairly confident that in 80 years time they (they being scientists) will have developed various different medicines and elixirs to keep us alive longer. If you think about it, in the past 100 years we've doubled our life-span. So, i have hopes yet.

I think death would be heavier on an individual than immortality. Mourning is after all 80% selfishness-- you're mourning the loss of something you've come to rely on and expect to be there, like the loss of a possession. If you were immortal, think of all the things you could see. You could travel the world and see every single thing there is to see on the earth. And you'd never run out, because there are always new things happening. Think of all you could learn too? I want to say something now, but it would make everything i've said thus far sound stupid and childish and you'll think im a moron... but im going to say it anyway, just know that i realise it's not real and will never happen.

That's what the attraction to Anne Rice's vampires is to me. That they outlast everything and everyone, but they can learn and bear witness to so much in the world. Because there is so much that people don't get to see, that the average joe misses out on, just because that's how the world works. Hell, if Lestat really existed, I would ask him to make me a vampire-- him or Armand or Marius-- because I don't want to age. It really frightens me when I look at old people who are loosing their minds and who can't even recognise their own family. I dont ever want that to happen to me. I'd rather die before that happens, or just stay young for time immemorial.

I have stopped to think about the consequences of living forever. It would be terrible to watch everyone around you age and die, but that's gonna happen anyway even if you're not immortal. At least if you were immortal you could meet new people and learn to love more people and discover so much more.

Re: The Repudiated Immortals

I'm a big fan of Rice's Vampire Chronicles too. I agree it is badass to never run out of things to do, and Lestat is one of my favorite characters from a book ever. But for some reason I would feel lonely in his position. lonely and weighed down from seeing and knowing so much more than everyone. I don't know - weird things make me depressed.

Just remember all of the good times. In the end, that's all we have left.

Stay up,

J

Thanks everyone for your help in my situation. I really appreciate it.