tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955247165501429698.post9060135840454385169..comments2023-10-23T13:05:06.346-04:00Comments on The World According to KC: Life is Too ShortAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218429214724604029noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955247165501429698.post-54461239825854003882012-05-11T10:42:18.769-04:002012-05-11T10:42:18.769-04:00Life is indeed brief, and the present is all we ha...Life is indeed brief, and the present is all we have. Live in it.,Thom Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722113420473357914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955247165501429698.post-80844864757690039322012-05-11T10:14:27.806-04:002012-05-11T10:14:27.806-04:00As you say, life is too short. I also find that gr...As you say, life is too short. I also find that growing old sucks. It only brings more problems. I hope that your friend will read this post. It will make him happy. Take care and hugs to you.MuMuGBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07669453005443249990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955247165501429698.post-6894376697681887542012-05-10T20:29:01.560-04:002012-05-10T20:29:01.560-04:00I hear you Lalia. Take heart that now you recogniz...I hear you Lalia. Take heart that now you recognize what needs to be done, you still have time to seek fulfillment.sweepyjeanhttp://sweepyjean.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955247165501429698.post-44679702405498766162012-05-09T10:45:27.920-04:002012-05-09T10:45:27.920-04:00Live the life of your dreams. And do it now. Any...Live the life of your dreams. And do it now. Anyway you look at it, we're all running out of time.The Loerzelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122641412197329551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955247165501429698.post-49485837020418645712012-05-09T00:32:31.054-04:002012-05-09T00:32:31.054-04:00John Donne is often quoted when the topic of morta...John Donne is often quoted when the topic of mortality, grief, death, loss, etc. comes up, but even so I think it deserves repeating. I like his writing on this because I feel it honors the living and the dead, but also I think it compels us to pay our respects to those who have passed because we know we too will be joining them. Death is not a lonely place. We all go there. Anyway, here is a bit from Meditation XVII:<br><br>Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me, and see my state, may have caused it to toll for me, and I know not that.<br><br>No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee."Rachel Howellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14711855432010082579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955247165501429698.post-72794369638292956512012-05-08T21:10:15.355-04:002012-05-08T21:10:15.355-04:00Lots of hugs to you. I hope you reach out to him b...Lots of hugs to you. I hope you reach out to him before he passes and tell him what you just told us, I think it would mean a lot to him. XOXO<br><br>JenniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955247165501429698.post-32819017564697920332012-05-08T19:03:35.522-04:002012-05-08T19:03:35.522-04:00This is a relevant post for me too as one of my de...This is a relevant post for me too as one of my dearest friends is very sick right now and I just keep hoping and praying that he will pull through just like every single time in the past. Life is indeed too short and now more than ever, I know that each moment is an opportunity to make it known to the ppl we love what we truly feel about them. Keep strong Lalia.Joy Page Manuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00869379846706830802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955247165501429698.post-2401555939892612402012-05-08T06:29:07.213-04:002012-05-08T06:29:07.213-04:00I feel your pain. I recently lost my cousin to can...I feel your pain. I recently lost my cousin to cancer. He was the most genuine full of life guy you would ever want to meet. He leaves behind a wife and 2 young children. His wish for everyone that he announced a few hours before he died was to live life their way and to think of him whenever something p*ssed them off then he could stick two fingers up at them from Heaven (or wherever you believe we end up) and we could shrug it off and get on with our own lives. Hugs to you, but try to remember that life is for the living and LIVE. xLucy Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11115471299913132831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955247165501429698.post-16008853260557675562012-05-07T15:39:00.575-04:002012-05-07T15:39:00.575-04:00Lalia, you are right... life is too short. And it ...Lalia, you are right... life is too short. And it is too short to worry about what other people think of you, or all the stupid little things that might bother you... cancer has a way of doing that. I completely understand your feelings, having lost my sister in law to pancreatic and ovarian cancer in 2001. It's incredibly hard. It's awful and devastating. But it also reminds you, again, of who's really got your back, of who really loves you, of what is really important in life. I really grieved for you when I read this. Because you know what is coming, you're going to have to deal with a terrible loss, and there is nothing you can do except let that person know how much you love them and how much they mean to you. I'm sorry I'm going on and on with this comment. But I honestly feel your pain and loss so acutely, you have conveyed your thoughts and feelings so extraordinarily well (again). I wish so much love and blessings to you and your family, and to JA. And you are right, life is too short. Go out and live it. Love you Lalia.judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377391982685515559noreply@blogger.com