mortality

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Teresa Trotter @teresatrotter (4073) • Jacksonville, Florida 7 Oct 19

Tick tock Time is racing against the clock A to-do list undone Leaves no time for any fun Schedules during the week to keep Not enough time to get decent sleep With each month, adds a year Our purpose at times, seems so...

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Single fathers at higher risk of premature death

Joanie @Freelanzer (10782) • Canada 16 Feb 18

A Canadian study that involved 40,000 parents over 11 years found that single dads had a higher mortality rate than other parent groups. The groups involved in the study were: Single fathers Single mothers Partnered fathers...

single fathers

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Are you ready to die?

rosyrose @vickyrose (2236) • Cooma, Australia 21 Nov 17

It’s been three months since my last discussion. I felt sad to read that one of the good writers that I follow here had died at 66. I googled him and found out that he was fostered out with his brother, grew in a dairy farm, had...

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death of a friend

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More Information About Death

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 4 Jul 17

More Information About Death Right now there are several discussions here on myLot about death. Opinions vary greatly, so I thought I would offer my TWO-CENTS worth. Over thousands of years, the subject of why humans die has...

life

death

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YOLO you only live once

Carol Brown @blitzfrick (2890) • United States 10 May 17

May 10, 2017 (Note: this post inspired by one by @nanette64) I thought about old age a lot when I was young. I was looking forward to it! I wanted to be just like my grandmother. I could hardly wait to be done with going to...

yolo

reincarnation

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Very conscious of my mortality recently.

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 20 Feb 17

My recent period of poor health has brought reality to my attention, which naturally makes me very aware of my diminishing lifespan. Oddly this does not bother me unduly, although it has made me conscious of the need to make...

mortality

funeral

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Review: Science Fiction Short Story: "Death of a Spaceman" by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 21 Jan 17

Old Donegal was dying, not violently in space, but quietly at home after a long career rocketing between earth and the moon. He knew it. The cancer was feeding at his spine. It had taken his legs first. Now it was working slowly...

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Facing My Mortality....

Sparks @sparkofinsanity (20471) • Regina, Saskatchewan 8 Aug 15

This morning I received a visit from my neighbour whom I never thought to see again as she has been receiving treatment for spinal cancer. She is between treatments and was only home to pick up a few things she needs before...

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Mortality

syramoon @syramoon (654) • United States 20 May 12

Some of this is most likely because I'm in pain and that always seems to make one more emotional, but I've been thinking about this since I've gotten home from my surgery yesterday. As some of you will know from my other posts I...

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life

mortality

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"Memento mori"

ricextreme @ricextreme (964) • Ecuador 9 Jan 11

Memento mori is a Latin phrase translated as "Remember your mortality", "Remember you must die" or "Remember you will die" - literally". Do you have any comment about this phrase. What do you think about our ephemeral life? Do...

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Making a Will! When is a Good Time to Make Your Will??

artistry @artistry (4151) • United States 24 Feb 10

Have you thought about making a will? Do you think waiting until you are a certain age is more practical? Does it force you to think of your mortality? Or is it just another part of life that we have to deal with? Have you already...

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Do you have fear of death ?

ivan2000bd @ivan2000bd (1009) • Sweden 16 Aug 09

we all will die someday. this is the truth we cant deny. but how often we think about our death. every day can be our last day of life. my friends how often you think about diening ?

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Do you ever wonder what life would be like if we lived forever?

quick @quickinstinct (432) • United States 6 Apr 09

Basically I sometimes ponder the physical and biological nature that is the human condition. When death occurs we essentially cease to exist. Any thoughts and feelings on the finite nature of our lives, the lack of (or...

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when someone wants to die...

jamenzojoy @jamenzojoy (57) • Philippines 19 Dec 08

euthanasia is something that we hardly ever speak of. yet, i do know quite a number of people who would rather die than prolong the agony and anguish of dying. why are we so morbidly afraid of dying anyway? i mean, all of us...

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Shortage of family planning/ contraceptives

kwenge @kwenge (2487) • Kenya 28 Jul 08

The government has declared that there is a shortage of contraceptives in the whole country. Why would they be that careless and wait till the supply is over? The only option left is the male contraceptive and I dont think men...

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How can I make my project a success?

thefuture @thefuture (1749) • Nigeria 24 Jan 08

Hi friends! I participated in an essay tagged "how I can create a positive change" last year october 2007 and I emerged as one of the top in my state, Kaduna in Nigeria. I attended the training and I am still working on my project...

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Do u believe in rebirth?

federickp @federickp (607) • India 28 Jun 07

I always think what happens to our souls when we die, our bodies vanish,but what about our souls? Are they immortal? Do we take rebirth, do our soul get a new body? Have you ever thought about this? Yesterday i was thinking about...

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Question about suicide.

hermitcrabheaven @hermitcrabheaven (645) • United States 27 Jun 07

This is for anyone who has any thoughts on this. There have been a few times in my life where I have felt hopeless enough to want to commit suicide. Thankfully, I never went through with it. My reason for not going through with...

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Do you support the idea of physician assisted death? Why or Why Not?

crazynurse @crazynurse (7482) • United States 10 Jun 07

With the release of Dr. Jack Kevorkian from prison comes a new wave in the discussion of physician assissted death. What are your thoughts on this debate? When a patient is terminally ill should they be allowed to face their...

physcian assissted death

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Is god jealous at our mortality? The preciousness and the point of life:

fightingistheonlyway @fightingistheonlyway (2658) • Canada 21 May 07

life is very precious for humans, animals and plants alike. All living things try to survive and try to keep life. There is a purpose there, a purpose to keep on survival, try to find immortality, avoid death. evolution is also...

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