by overlever » Mon 17 Mar 2008, 05:56:01
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hubbertspeak7777777', 'I')'m the exact oposite of the OP, I think it's exciting that life that is so uncertain. Life would be boring if we all lived to be 80. I could die tomorrow or I could live another 50 years or I could die sometime in between... I think that's exciting. Life is like watching a movie where you can't guess what happens next. Life would be so dull if everything were guranteed.
Exactly. This is a challenging aqnd exciting future! Of course, there will be problems along the way. My wife suddenly developed serious rheumatoid arthritis two years ago. Now she cannot function without costly meds. This poses a serious problem, but all the more reason to be well prepared.
Of course, being well prepared can take many forms. Some go into farming, some into hunting. I have just one rule: I will do
anything to keep myself and my wife alive. Theft, murder, indecent exposure, cannibalism, jaywalking, ... anything. Survive first, then start thinking about quality of life.
Not that we would cling to life when we don't value living it anymore, of course.
Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.
Schopenhauer