tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post6682225620702548306..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Excited to deathnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-76491201901176498342007-06-21T16:01:00.000+01:002007-06-21T16:01:00.000+01:00I think you can do both - you need a set of rails ...I think you can do both - you need a set of rails to travel on, to give you some security, but you need to try out all the branch lines as well for a bit of excitement and adventure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-19562449707911939812007-06-21T11:49:00.000+01:002007-06-21T11:49:00.000+01:00I think that once he's dead either he knows nothin...I think that once he's dead either he knows nothing more about anything, in which case it doesn't matter to him how or when he died because he's dead, or he's in a happier or unhappier place in either case he's unlikely to care!<BR/>It's sad that our lives are so strongly conditioned by 'something', the society we're born into or our family. I'm like that, and I'd love to be a free spirit wandering my planet saying hello to everyone and trying new things all the time. Just trusting that as I'm going to die anyway, what does it matter about the ups and downs of my life, experience is the key. But part of me is governed by the opinion that my life has a weight and a value and I need to choose a set of rails on which to run it, or be careful with it - for what?!bye bye bellulahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578559811447603363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-42405713407947759742007-06-20T22:24:00.000+01:002007-06-20T22:24:00.000+01:00Medbh - absolutely, far better than rotting in fro...Medbh - absolutely, far better than rotting in front of the TV. Or for that matter going gradually senile over the next 20 years.<BR/><BR/>www - great to hear of your dancing friend who also fulfilled a dream. How many people are there with a dream they've never dared go after?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-28801184630521851982007-06-20T22:15:00.000+01:002007-06-20T22:15:00.000+01:00Hello Nick:I had to deliver a eulogy at a funeral ...Hello Nick:<BR/>I had to deliver a eulogy at a funeral of a dear friend about 4 years ago.<BR/>Brain aneurism.<BR/>She had always dreamed of being a dancer and in her early fifties turned her back on a successful business career and threw herself into dancing. She was poor but ecstatic. And met a wonderful man who had done exactly the same thing.<BR/>She died in his arms with her dream fulfilled.<BR/>Can anyone ask for anything better.<BR/>I say YAY John Parsons. The heart attack would have happened anyway, it happened while he was doing something he loved. YAY again! We should all be so lucky.Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-87851980898014310442007-06-20T20:25:00.000+01:002007-06-20T20:25:00.000+01:00It makes him appear adventuresome. How many guys ...It makes him appear adventuresome. How many guys his age get on a motorbike?<BR/>Good for him for trying to live a little.<BR/>Too bad it didn't work out but it's better than rotting in front of the tv like so many other retirees.Megan McGurkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673489472490377198noreply@blogger.com