Does Anyone Think About Death?

No one knows about when or how the death arrives.
My dear aunt was not quite well in her younger age, but she lived to be 103 years old. She was a skilled seamstress and a good person, particularly for me. She raised me until in my teen's after my mother passed away at age 33-34. I was barely 4 years old little girl.

On the other hand, even your're in good health, the life might come to the end abruptly and unexpectedly .... like my late husband, he was in fairly good health until Cancer diagnosis, but the cancer took his life away fairly young senior age, barely 75 years old.

In order to live longer like you at age 91 or beyond I need to have a good purpose and reason for. For me, the family is most important for if I could make my life longer.
 
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HoneyNut said:
I believe that as soon as our brain cells die we are gone. When I was younger and fearful of death, I really wanted to still exist after I die, but as I've gotten older I find I'm okay with ceasing to be (though I don't wanna go sooner than I have to! I'm still having fun.)

The more stories of heaven I've heard of, each story just reflecting the beliefs of the people telling it, it seems ridiculous to not see it is all just made up. Though, I imagine it can be a comfort to people to think they will still exist and see their friends and pets again.

There was a pet jumping spider I used to watch on YouTube and when it passed away some of the comments were that it would be waiting for her (the owner) on rainbow bridge. The idea of going to a heaven and finding all the jumping spiders waiting was so hilarious to me!
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Our body is gone but not our consciousness. It reincarnates in a new body. It's just simple.
 
Mitch86 said:
I'm age 91 and think about death a lot. Everyone dies but those now in their 90's are closer than most people to that end. Of course, if we believe in Jesus than we must believe that we all go to Heaven at death. However, could there really be a place like "Heaven" where all the trillions, who have lived on earth, will go?
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Not everyone who dies will go to heaven. Eternal life is a gift from God. It cannot be earned, but is freely offered to (and only to) all who truly believe that Jesus Christ was His earthly manifestation (son), that He died for our sins, and that He rose again.

The one who confesses Him with their mouth, trusts Him in their heart, repents of sin, and makes Him the Lord of their life already has eternal life and will never lose it. I will be praying for you @Mitch86.
 
The best way to ENJOY death is to use every day to enjoy oneself while one is alive. I like to play chess at Chess.com and Civilization VI at Steam.com. When death does come, it appears we simply CEASE TO EXIST!
 
Have been there once and was brought back so everything now is a bonus, my wife said I woke up swearing but I cant say if that was for returning or not leaving.....
I just know that I do not fear death but do fear loss of eyesight, mobility and memory all of which seem to be fading more rapidly than my general health. After having watched the mrs painful passing from cancer not long after all I ask is for is a quick exit when the time comes
 
I can relate being 78. I think about death often. We are in that age bracket when everyday is a blessing. Yet, one false move, one impatient attempt to accomplish what you have always done can change your entire life. Don't like it but.........that is the way it is. How and when it comes is an entirely different story. Will it be quick? Will you be sick and know that this is not going to turn out well. Will you have time to come to grips with your situation?? I don't know. I am speaking to you as well as me by the way.
I go about my days like I always have. Walk my dog when I get up and dressed. Go to our gift shop and get the receipts, take out the garbage and make every thing presentable. Get my coffee and come back to my day job in my home office. Sometimes, not what I want, but routine and to a degree comforting. How long will this continue? I don't know?
But when the day comes whether I am conscious or not does not matter. It will come when the Lord decides. In the mean time don't waste your time. Live your life as best you can and enjoy every breath, every blue sky and every warm breeze that you feel. Your worry, to be honest, just makes things worse for you. I think you know what I mean.
 
To me, the writing is on the wall. The mathematical probability of every tiny element in creation aligning and interacting as it does goes far beyond even chaotic odds.

We are born from a warm, dark womb into an astonishing world of color, sound, taste, and sensation. Just as we are formed in the womb to enter this life, we are being shaped in this life to enter the next stage of existence and what an existence that will be.

Without dreams you might as well be dead already.
 
Oddly, I used to think about death more often when I was in my 50's and working. I always said to myself, "If you die now, you've lived a full life and experienced just about everything you could have ever dreamed of". Now that I've retired, I would like to stick around a while. I'm enjoying it. But when it's my time, I'll go without any regrets.
 
Being a defense attorney in Dallas and then Broward County, Florida, which included Ft.Lauderdale, I saw 3 clients be sentenced to death. Two of them have already met Jesus Christ. The third one is waiting the Governor to sign the execution order. He has had 3 stays on 4 appeals. I attended the one execution and the only one I ever attended on behalf of the family.

I was taken back at how calm he was. His calmness helped me to relax.
 
I've thought about death and then thought what is the best way to help my wife & sons cope with my passing. I expect to pass before them simply due to age & me being older. No guarantee but logic based.

So pre paid cremation, burial plot & financial matters all in place with written outline for who gets what. Of course my wife gets 100% without a lot of legal hassle. Then thru revocable trust our sons get what ever is life over without going thru probate court. All spelled out in documents drawn up by an attorney. Our sons have copies of the documentation cremation /burial & financial info. No secrets no confusion about what to do, or how to do it.

With all that in place I no longer think about the inevitable, just enjoy everyday I get to see my face in the mirror in a new day.
 
I do think about death and hope to avoid it as long as I'm reasonably healthy and active. I do believe that we exist only within our brains carried around by your bodies (which are controlled by the brain.) So therefore I believe when our brain stops working we cease to exist and there is no afterlife. I've read a book which explains why people experience what they do in near death experiences and shows those things can be reproduced without the near death experience by causing similar situations that occur at near death. So I'm afraid people's near death experiences don't make me believe in any afterlife.

I've also read several books which explain all of the things that need to occur in the brain to allow us to see things and know what we're seeing, hear talking and understand what is being said, smelling things and knowing what we're smelling, tasking thing and knowing what we're tasting (which by the way has a lot of smelling involved) and touching things, knowing we're touching something and knowing the nature of what we're touching. So any discussion of ghost or spirits are ridiculous to me because they lack the organs to receive input and even if they had that they don't have the brains to process the input.
 
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