tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post7898529183691018462..comments2023-06-11T03:51:05.671-05:00Comments on Susan's Pendulum: ImmortalitySusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152213210269075304noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-69802703199834388572008-11-19T19:42:00.000-06:002008-11-19T19:42:00.000-06:00Another thing (at least with me) is that I feel I ...Another thing (at least with me) is that I feel I always have time. "Oh, I can be frivolous and catch up on writing later, I have this book I want to read." Or, more importantly, "I really need to do this school, and I don't want to leave this mess right here in the commons. Maybe I shouldn't go to chapel today." (But then I end up going because the bell keeps ringing and ringing and it makes me feel bad.)Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935146615953606435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-44396297596067960302008-10-22T21:39:00.000-05:002008-10-22T21:39:00.000-05:00Exactly what I'm thinkin'. I too remember seeing ...Exactly what I'm thinkin'. <BR/><BR/>I too remember seeing obituaries where someone in his/her late 80s "died unexpectedly." At the time I thought that was weird. But when Dorothy died recently in her mid-70s, I couldn't believe it: she was so young. <BR/><BR/>So, yup, I think we don't get over it until we're dead. And then we <I>are</I> immortal.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307213773466556564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-22488297678255489402008-10-22T19:16:00.000-05:002008-10-22T19:16:00.000-05:00I actually don't think that we ever entirely, comp...I actually don't think that we ever entirely, completely, 100% get it into our heads that we're not immortal, now.<BR/><BR/>I came to this conclusion after some (elderly) people I know were talking about a guy who was 98 who died. "He went before his time... it was just such a shock to everyone. We just can't believe it happened to him." I know it was callous, but I almost laughed. And then I thought, "Wait. Do these people think they're going to live LONGER than 98?"<BR/><BR/>I certainly think there are those who know their own mortality (death) better than others. And I know I'm learning it more and more as I get older. I see people blow by me on the interstate while I'm going 70 and I think, "Holy cow! What IDIOTS." And then I realize that was me 6-7 years ago...<BR/><BR/>But I still don't think we'll completely get it until that final day comes. At least, I seriously doubt I will, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com