Comments on: Right Now http://www.rstar.net/2008/05/19/right-now/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:40:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Melissa http://www.rstar.net/2008/05/19/right-now/#comment-748 Melissa Sun, 25 May 2008 14:28:32 +0000 http://www.rstar.net/?p=111#comment-748 Your post really set me thinking. I was just wondering if there was anything wrong with me. Because I'm but 17 and yet I think of death every single day. My greatest fear is that one day, I'd just disappear off the face of the Earth. Would I be able to continue feeling all the things I can feel now. There would be so many things left unsaid and undone, and would I have led a fulfilling life. I read somewhere that everyone lives as if their lives would not end one day. And I feel that this is true, coz we fear the topic of death, and shun away from it. We read about people dying everyday in the newspapers. But it never occurs to us that we might just be next. I want to lead a satisfying and fulfilling life but I have already gotten so caught up in the rat race, going through mundane activities, leaving me with no clue as to how to really live a life worth living. Your post really set me thinking. I was just wondering if there was anything wrong with me. Because I’m but 17 and yet I think of death every single day.

My greatest fear is that one day, I’d just disappear off the face of the Earth. Would I be able to continue feeling all the things I can feel now. There would be so many things left unsaid and undone, and would I have led a fulfilling life. I read somewhere that everyone lives as if their lives would not end one day. And I feel that this is true, coz we fear the topic of death, and shun away from it. We read about people dying everyday in the newspapers. But it never occurs to us that we might just be next. I want to lead a satisfying and fulfilling life but I have already gotten so caught up in the rat race, going through mundane activities, leaving me with no clue as to how to really live a life worth living.

]]> By: Kathy Miller http://www.rstar.net/2008/05/19/right-now/#comment-682 Kathy Miller Fri, 23 May 2008 17:04:31 +0000 http://www.rstar.net/?p=111#comment-682 This topic hits home to me this week because my son overdosed on heroin on Wednesday. I found him just in time to call 911 and EMS was able to save him. I also believe the death is not the end, but when I thought my son was taking his last breath, the value of having him alive one more day was all that mattered. It was a miracle that I found him when I did and I want to say a special thanks to God for allowing him another chance to find his true purpose on this planet. "Yeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me." Psalm 23:1 CanadianChick: Peace be with you, my friend. This topic hits home to me this week because my son overdosed on heroin on Wednesday. I found him just in time to call 911 and EMS was able to save him.

I also believe the death is not the end, but when I thought my son was taking his last breath, the value of having him alive one more day was all that mattered. It was a miracle that I found him when I did and I want to say a special thanks to God for allowing him another chance to find his true purpose on this planet.

“Yeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.” Psalm 23:1

CanadianChick: Peace be with you, my friend.

]]> By: Canadianchick http://www.rstar.net/2008/05/19/right-now/#comment-608 Canadianchick Thu, 22 May 2008 04:21:37 +0000 http://www.rstar.net/?p=111#comment-608 As I open my eyes I feel calmness and peace for this moment. However, it is very difficult for me to associate death with beauty even in the sense you talk about after facing the death of my child. But as I experience more and more of life, I am able to recognize how we are all connected in this universe in small ways more than anything. Like when the warm wind blows on my face it makes me feel someone is with me. In my life I have learned that it is truly the small things like a smell or a touch that really matter. Unfortunately those smells fade which is really sad. Cherish every moment everyone. I agree "LIVE". As I open my eyes I feel calmness and peace for this moment. However, it is very difficult for me to associate death with beauty even in the sense you talk about after facing the death of my child. But as I experience more and more of life, I am able to recognize how we are all connected in this universe in small ways more than anything. Like when the warm wind blows on my face it makes me feel someone is with me. In my life I have learned that it is truly the small things like a smell or a touch that really matter. Unfortunately those smells fade which is really sad. Cherish every moment everyone. I agree “LIVE”.

]]> By: RockTea http://www.rstar.net/2008/05/19/right-now/#comment-605 RockTea Wed, 21 May 2008 20:23:21 +0000 http://www.rstar.net/?p=111#comment-605 Can't help but to think of the words you sent me almost a year ago. My father had just passed away and S.F.T.E.O.A.E. had pretty much pulled me through the first really rough weeks. You wrote that music let's you feel and that has stuck by me. When I die I hope there will be music around me; it has been my main source of comfort, support and strength. Thank you again for that message, it meant and still means a lot to me. Can’t help but to think of the words you sent me almost a year ago. My father had just passed away and S.F.T.E.O.A.E. had pretty much pulled me through the first really rough weeks. You wrote that music let’s you feel and that has stuck by me. When I die I hope there will be music around me; it has been my main source of comfort, support and strength.
Thank you again for that message, it meant and still means a lot to me.

]]> By: Stoney http://www.rstar.net/2008/05/19/right-now/#comment-604 Stoney Wed, 21 May 2008 19:45:26 +0000 http://www.rstar.net/?p=111#comment-604 let the creative spirit, Love, decide when it is time to "go" You all have a purpose to discover, and for some... hone. Find that wave and death will no longer be feared. We are spirit-beings in a material world, fear not the physical death, but be sure to nurture the vessel you're in =) LIVE let the creative spirit, Love, decide when it is time to “go”

You all have a purpose to discover, and for some… hone.
Find that wave and death will no longer be feared.

We are spirit-beings in a material world, fear not the physical death, but be sure to nurture the vessel you’re in =)

LIVE

]]> By: Glo http://www.rstar.net/2008/05/19/right-now/#comment-591 Glo Wed, 21 May 2008 13:11:16 +0000 http://www.rstar.net/?p=111#comment-591 My father's parents lost their memories before they died. I don't fear not being remembered. I fear not remembering. Every night when I close my eyes, I burn images into my brain. I don't want to forget the way things feel, the smells, the looks, the sounds of the things that are important to me. A wise and beautiful man wrote the words I live by: "Remember the day, cause this is what dreams should always be. I just want to stay. I just want to keep this dream in me." I can hear him sing whenever something happens that I want to remember forever. My father’s parents lost their memories before they died. I don’t fear not being remembered. I fear not remembering. Every night when I close my eyes, I burn images into my brain. I don’t want to forget the way things feel, the smells, the looks, the sounds of the things that are important to me.

A wise and beautiful man wrote the words I live by: “Remember the day, cause this is what dreams should always be. I just want to stay. I just want to keep this dream in me.”
I can hear him sing whenever something happens that I want to remember forever.

]]> By: Trinity http://www.rstar.net/2008/05/19/right-now/#comment-549 Trinity Wed, 21 May 2008 08:50:59 +0000 http://www.rstar.net/?p=111#comment-549 To die is to be born again into new life We’ve all dreamt it, smelled it, feared it, lived it, Now, we know it, crave it, need it, do it. Ah, yes many times, many ways all throughout our living days. When’s the last time you died? Why I died just today! To die is to be born again into new life
We’ve all dreamt it, smelled it, feared it, lived it,
Now, we know it, crave it, need it, do it.
Ah, yes many times, many ways all throughout our living days.
When’s the last time you died? Why I died just today!

]]> By: Esperantino http://www.rstar.net/2008/05/19/right-now/#comment-544 Esperantino Wed, 21 May 2008 02:50:56 +0000 http://www.rstar.net/?p=111#comment-544 I think about death every day as someone who attempted suicide 2 years ago. That sensation to fade away never goes away but I am learning to glorify life and the relationships I hold with people, even if some of those fade over time. Also, as someone with a progressive physical disability I could think of my life as worthless as being a waste of space but rather I appreciate life more now and plan to use nature to empower others, with and without disabilities. I feel like my life has purpose when I think about that. I think about death every day as someone who attempted suicide 2 years ago. That sensation to fade away never goes away but I am learning to glorify life and the relationships I hold with people, even if some of those fade over time. Also, as someone with a progressive physical disability I could think of my life as worthless as being a waste of space but rather I appreciate life more now and plan to use nature to empower others, with and without disabilities. I feel like my life has purpose when I think about that.

]]> By: Mistymuse http://www.rstar.net/2008/05/19/right-now/#comment-543 Mistymuse Wed, 21 May 2008 01:51:03 +0000 http://www.rstar.net/?p=111#comment-543 Sometimes I get scared your going to be a blogger that disappears too. But you fixed that with this, for a little while anyway. Thanks. P ps. article submitted will let you know. Sometimes I get scared your going to be a blogger that disappears too. But you fixed that with this, for a little while anyway. Thanks.
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ps. article submitted will let you know.

]]> By: carolyn http://www.rstar.net/2008/05/19/right-now/#comment-542 carolyn Wed, 21 May 2008 00:54:13 +0000 http://www.rstar.net/?p=111#comment-542 wow your blog kinda saddened me. the girls over at inxs.com have a friend that just moved to las vegas and shes been sick. Well, after 7 months they fianlly diagnosed her with mrsa, cause of her insurance, which will withhold name, and aggrevation. she still hasn't been treated proparly and cause of her insurance there trying to find a different doctor for her. I just hope it's not to late for her. I dont' want to leave this world knowing I didn't make a difference, but the girls at work can tell you I leave a 1 word mark. wow your blog kinda saddened me.
the girls over at inxs.com have a friend that just moved to las vegas and shes been sick. Well, after 7 months they fianlly diagnosed her with mrsa, cause of her insurance, which will withhold name, and aggrevation. she still hasn’t been treated proparly and cause of her insurance there trying to find a different doctor for her. I just hope it’s not to late for her.

I dont’ want to leave this world knowing I didn’t make a difference, but the girls at work can tell you I leave a 1 word mark.

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