The shy and timid and modest and dignified die quietly.
The crazy and manic die in crazy and manic ways.
Etc.
Or not at all?
2006-11-16 17:25:20 · 13 answers · asked by falzalnz 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The way we live our lives is not validated by the method of our death. Some die peacefully who raised hell their entire life, while those who never harmed anyone may die a slow painful death. It is not a judgment of your life.
2006-11-16 17:33:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. While we can largely shape our separate destinies, sometimes outside influences we were not expecting intervene.
How one lives is far more important than how one dies.
The shy and timid rarely die quietly. They have a lifetime of reserve to be released at that moment.
Death often reveals a modest person's character, which was hidden behind a shield of modesty.
The truly dignified die gracefully or honorably; Often the truly humble pass the same way.
The crazy-acting people sometimes die by crazy means. It carries great impact because they tend to die young, when they still had so much of the promise of life remaining to be fulfilled.
The manic do not die easily, or often. Truly manic people do not know how to die.
Some are innocent bystanders.
Others simply cannot leave a dangerous environment, because their entire life is invested in that environment.
And there is another group, whose death is totally incomprehensible.
The means of one's death is not necessarily a reflection of the way they lived. The way they face death may reflect how they lived, unless they had were in a state of advanced dementia, or were in a place between life and death.
In an odd way, a person is truly blessed if that person has experienced the deaths of many loved ones, because it means they loved many people in some way, on some level, and have loved much, and hopefully well.
It would be sad for a person to shut themselves off from life, especially for such a silly reason as not wanting to be hurt when loved ones departed. Life is in a constant state of flux.
However, to quote a platitude:
The coward dies a thousand deaths
The brave die once.
There is a story about a judgement in the halls of death, where the soul was measured. The good deeds were on one side of the balance, the evil ones on the other. Whether they were deeds of omission or commission mattered not; the weight of the deeds or misdeeds was placed on the balance.
A feather, representing transcendant love, could tilt the balance. It is an old story, still resonant for those who choose to hear, and the story has managed to appear in many cultures, wearing different masks.
True. Some do not die.
2006-11-17 02:53:04 · answer #2 · answered by Ragnarok 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well I hope not. I have not lived a very good life. But if the verdict was only based on things that we choose to do and not every part of our life (what we were made to do), I would die in my sleep.
2006-11-17 01:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by Liz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, i don't think it has any bearing what so ever. I've seen too many modest, nice, good people die in some of the most horrible ways. And vise versa; have seen the maniacs, and cruelest of people die very quickly and quietly. Doesn't seem fair sometimes does it?!
2006-11-17 02:13:44 · answer #4 · answered by Desert Rose 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I disagree...but I often do disagree with peoples views ont his...i am a firm believer that, aside from suicide, we choose how we are going to die before we are even born...i know this seems outlandish for some people but the way that i think is that everything happens for a reason and each occurrence in life is supposed to teach you or someone else something...
2006-11-17 01:35:07 · answer #5 · answered by HoneyBee 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW WE ARE GOING TO DIE AND WHEN WE JUST HAVE TO LIVE IN THE MOMENT ALWAYS BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW I DON THINK ITS A VERDICT OF HOW WE LIVED OUR LIVES WE ALL HAVE TO DIE WITH SOMETHING
2006-11-17 02:57:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I believe so. I read once people who held things end are most likely to get cancer....Don't know if there is any truth too it but it does make you wonder.
I think it plays a big part in the way we live.
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2006-11-17 01:38:57 · answer #7 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not a verdict, but perhaps a reflection of how one's life was lived...
2006-11-17 01:36:28 · answer #8 · answered by Cinnamon Grrl 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. I've known wonderful, loving people who have died a slow, painful death.
2006-11-17 07:39:32 · answer #9 · answered by S&S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's purely random.
2006-11-17 04:24:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋