Death and the Adders
Jul. 23rd, 2004 07:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
addersljYou know, until three years ago, I'd only ever been to one funeral. In the last three years, there's been Dad's, Grandma's, Diane's and now Linda's.
Maybe 30s is that time of your life. Your parents' generation starts to dwindle and friends are struck down with more regularity. This is probably the way it'll be for the time being: one or two funerals a year. Death intrudes into life with greater regularity.
Perhaps this is why I've become less willing to expose myself to stupidity and pointless conflict. The transitory nature of life keeps getting hammered home to me right now - I watches three of the above people suffer as they fought with cancer - but not in that posing, teenage goth way. No, this is more fundamental. Our time on this precious ball of mud and water is limited. The time we share with people we like is incredibly limited. Don't waste that time. Don't let idiots waste that time for you.
Sure, I believe in life after death, but like most Christians who are paying attention, I realise that Jesus' teachings are for more about life before death. And that time is both precious and God-given. It should not be squandered.
Yeah, I'm just back from a funeral. Can you tell?
Maybe 30s is that time of your life. Your parents' generation starts to dwindle and friends are struck down with more regularity. This is probably the way it'll be for the time being: one or two funerals a year. Death intrudes into life with greater regularity.
Perhaps this is why I've become less willing to expose myself to stupidity and pointless conflict. The transitory nature of life keeps getting hammered home to me right now - I watches three of the above people suffer as they fought with cancer - but not in that posing, teenage goth way. No, this is more fundamental. Our time on this precious ball of mud and water is limited. The time we share with people we like is incredibly limited. Don't waste that time. Don't let idiots waste that time for you.
Sure, I believe in life after death, but like most Christians who are paying attention, I realise that Jesus' teachings are for more about life before death. And that time is both precious and God-given. It should not be squandered.
Yeah, I'm just back from a funeral. Can you tell?
