2007-12-09 12:33:38 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
This feeling I have had since my dad
started slipping away due to his sudden onset of dementia is certainly not something that I feel every day...
2007-12-09 12:40:19 · update #1
watching a friend die and i couldnt do sod all to save them....
finding my elderly neighbour dead and kicking myself for not going round earlier in the week.
watching my nephew being born....
2007-12-09 12:42:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes when such things happen to someone close to you in your family or friends, it does make all else seem trivial, and makes us wonder why did we get so upset over such small things previously.
Sometimes when I see people panic about such trivialities, I often wonder what they would do in a real crises such as; the one you are sadly having to cope with.
I recall watching my father slipping away over a 4 year period from heart disease or cancer, never did know which it was, when I was a small boy, sometimes things like this never leave you.
But when I look back I always try to look at all the happy times and good things that happened between us.
2007-12-10 00:27:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was bicycling and hit a stray dog.
Landed on the top of my (helmetted) head on pavement.
Broke the helmet.
Don't remember much for weeks.
No more short-term memory, can't focus on tasks, can't make decisions.
No visible signs of the injury, but my mind has worked different ever since. What was important before seems trivial.
Things I'd taken for granted are now very important.
Might have been the best thing I ever fell into (pun intended)
2007-12-09 20:44:33 · answer #3 · answered by kbmoose1 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes lots of times but it's usually when we are most humble.. It seems second nature to take things for granted and too late when they are gone.
We all suffer at the hand of cruel blows and have to find a way to cope but for me, when I see third world poverty and the unbearable scenes, that makes everything else seem trivial.. The Western World doesn't begin to realise how fortunate they are..
2007-12-09 20:50:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a really good question. Everything seems trivial when someone you love dies. But after some time, when the death is not so fresh, trivial things again become important.
2007-12-09 20:45:09 · answer #5 · answered by Robin 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had a spiritual experience. An insight. And since then, nothing has mattered as much, other than to see that although there is suffering, it can be seen differently. People are living things, not numbers.
2007-12-09 21:59:28 · answer #6 · answered by Zheia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Would suggest "Climb the Highest Mountain," Mark Prophet,
"Watch Your Dreams" and "Men in White Apparel," Ann Ree Colton, "The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?", Free and Wilcock, http://www.divinecosmos.com "Expecting Adam," Martha Beck, "The Master of Lucid Dreams," Dr. Olga Kharitidi, for accounts of such adventures.
cordially,
j.
2007-12-09 20:47:15 · answer #7 · answered by j153e 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
While deployed in Iraq back in 2004, our convoy was hit by an IED. 2 soldiers died and I found myself thinking, Dam Im gonna miss that poker game tonight. Oh well, **** happens
2007-12-09 22:26:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The birth of my son three years ago, and the death of my friend two years ago. Both times were life altering for me and just about everything else didn't matter.
2007-12-09 20:48:22 · answer #9 · answered by Vash 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes.in my case it was finding out my ex was a cheap person,2 years ago,after dedicating half of my life to the ''cause''.my fault really ,I placed on her much more value than she ever dreamed of owing.then life changed,ideals and dreams became rubbish and new ideals and dreams were born,as in every ending there is a beggining also....!
2007-12-09 21:15:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋