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Because i was told so !

2007-01-22 08:37:40 · 14 answers · asked by Solitude_Guy 1 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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Take a lesson from what older people do when nearing the end of their probable life span. They tend to relax and live each day for itself, and of course reduce their future plans to only whatever they can reasonably expect to accomplish in the short time left to them. And among these are things they can do that will leave something behind to show their lives counted for something other than the mere passage of time here on earth. But for the most part they don't do so with any frantic sense of effort involved - they just reduce their focus to things with more relevance to these goals.
Of course older people have not been surprised by the immanence of their deaths, so don't have the sense of loss of future potential that you no doubt are feeling. But once you realize that potential is in fact now greatly reduced, perhaps you can take a lesson from those who have had a longer time to come to that position - and who for the most part have failed to fulfill their early potential in any case.

2007-01-22 09:23:00 · answer #1 · answered by Grist 6 · 0 0

Do you know, that question is troubling, because I don't know what I'd do.

I know I'd get my finances and my will in order.

Because my husband works, I know I would quit my job in order to have more time for the important people in my life.

I'm not necessarily sure that being told you won't live means you won't. There are a lot of people who live years after being told they would die within months.

I know one man who was in your shoes, and he took his family on an around the world cruise so that they would have something wonderful to remember of their last time together.
I've always thought that was a wonderful thing to do for his family.

I would spend more time in my Bible reading, getting ready to meet God.

And I think I wold work harder at enjoying the moments of life--maybe travel somewhere I love with my husband toward the end so we could spend the time quietly together.

But I'm not sure. Some people would try to find out if their doctor was wrong. A second opinion wouldn't hurt.

If clinical trials were going on, I meant enter one of those, so as to help future people. But I'm not sure about that. I think I would just want to love on the people I love as much as possible.

When you think of it, it's something any of us could face at anytime. I think for sure I'd get a second opinion at the best clinic I could find for that particular disease, no matter where the clinic was located. That much for sure. God keep you from fear of this thing and give you grace to give yourself to His keeping in it.

2007-01-22 17:06:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I'm so sorry to hear that. Please accept my most sincere condolences even though we will most probably never meet.

Since you're asking me what I would do, I would want to finish my novel and would put more work towards that. It's something I've always wanted to do and I would feel I had completed something with my time on this earth doing that.
I would also pay more attention to people around me, spend more time in the great outdoors, and spend some time every day to ponder the spiritual side of life in order to make my peace with the world.

2007-01-22 16:55:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Man, I am so sorry to hear that, even though you are a stranger to me i am deeply sad.
But ok now you have a few months left? lets think about it. Heres a few things you should do:

- Become closer to your family and friends and make them as happy as possible.

- If you have a good finance state then do something you have always wanted to do - furfill your dreams.

- And Thats where am i out of ideas

Well basically enjoy the rest of your life and do what you want.

Hopefully that helped

2007-01-22 16:55:27 · answer #4 · answered by firez_101 2 · 0 0

If I were in that position I would do all the things that are as socially, ehtically, morally and legally reprehensible as I could possibly fit into the amount of time left to me. After all, I would be dead before any trial cound be held and would certainly not live long enough for the sentence to be fulfilled. I would rob, rape pillage, kill and anything else I could think of that would fall into those categories. I would consider myself to be completely and totally beyond reach and would take full advantage of that...but that's just me and I have been trying to contract a treminal, fatal disease for just that purpose.

2007-01-22 17:27:32 · answer #5 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0 0

I would say "F*ckoff" to my own sadness and greif. There is no time for that!

I would max out my credit card on things like hookers, drugs, and rock'n roll. When I am flat on my back, I would want to know I lived. Kick the can for all it's worth, bite the bullet! There is no other way I'd rather go out, except with guns blazzing!

2007-01-22 17:02:09 · answer #6 · answered by Stony 4 · 0 0

Hmmm...I suppose I would be horribly sad at first, and scared, and then I would start having fun. I would start doing things I had always wanted to do but didn't because I was too afraid. I would start to write, and draw, and read like crazy just to get as much done as possible. And I would probably fight on, hoping to stretch life out as long as possible.

Eek! So sorry!

2007-01-22 16:56:11 · answer #7 · answered by buttercup 3 · 0 0

well i have a list of stuff i want to do be for i die so i would do everything on that list. mainly i would see as much of the world as possible. the big city's like Paris, London, and Rome. and all the Little teeny tiny villages in between. i would things that i loved and not waste a single moment on stupid Little things that don't' make me 100% happy.

2007-01-22 20:19:33 · answer #8 · answered by ~*These Blue Eyes Tell No Lies*~ 5 · 0 0

Everyone's natural instinct is to attempt to live longer than predicted.

That aside, I live my life as if it were the last day. It makes things that much more interesting, truthful, and exciting.

To be told that I had more than another day to live would be utterly anticlimactic.

2007-01-22 17:08:00 · answer #9 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0 1

Everyone has a few months to live or years, I would go to Florence.

2007-01-22 16:53:24 · answer #10 · answered by amazon 4 · 0 0

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