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1/5/2006
2:42:57 pm EST
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The dying can teach us about living
Author: Brandi-Ann Tanaka Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Title: The dying can teach us about living
WE ARRIVE on Earth with a lifetime of gifts and a lifetime to use them. But as we get older we forget that each year is a gift. Only when we lose people close to us do we begin to realize that life can be taken at any moment.
The past few years have been difficult for my family with cancer, death, Alzheimer's disease and diabetes striking the people in our lives. The grief and sorrow I experienced taught me a great deal about appreciating the moment
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| A Wonderful Message | Jan 7th. at 5:04:48 pm EST
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Spirit MoonShadow (Charleston, South Carolina) - Email Me
I loved your article. I can feel the emotions that are tied to it but it still comes out positive and refreshing. To often when we are afraid of things, we don't address them. Death and illness are two things that most people don't want to acknowledge. Part of it a fear that if they do they will bring it upon themselves, part is just plain fear.
I too have have learned things by watching those close to me pass over and far from the expected - what was learned was positive. I have learned to take each moment and treasure it - to speak out and tell people how much they mean to me. I have watched people leave this world before being able to tell those close to them they really love them - not just the "I love you's" that we all say passing but the real "I love you" that you want said before you journey on.
I have learned that to spend a second on regrets is simply not worth it. Instead of wallowing in the regret - work to change it. I have learned not to spend so much time wishing for a certain type of future but instead of spending the time wishing - I now form game plans that will get it for me.
I have learned that losing a real friend is probably the hardest thing to lose - and to do it out of anger, hurt, frustration or fear is simply foolish. I have had to work hard to fix those broken friendships and even though it was hard and at times humiliating - I have never found it futile or a waste of time. Just the opposite.
Thank you for bringing these lessons that have been learned to the forefront. Even with constant work, they sometimes get shuffled to the background. There are so many other things I have learned but these are among the most vital!
Spirit MoonShadow
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| Oh So Right | Jan 5th. at 8:22:01 pm EST
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Naelyan (Long Beach, Mississippi) - Email Me
I know about this since I my father passed away 3 weeks ago and it was out of the blue I was with him when it happen just before he passed away he was working on a job that one of his bossed told him he HAD to finish, my dad was not in the best shape, smoked, did not excerise, at a desk job and the stress was overwelming so all that and trying to get that job done pretty much did him in so guys remember this live life like it's your last day, Tell the people around you that you love them because you will never know someone will be gone.
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| How Beautiful.... | Jan 5th. at 6:39:17 pm EST
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Klarynn (Apache Junction, Arizona) - Email Me
She is right.. we forget to often to appreciate the things we have in life. Often people get caught up in that job they wish they had, or new house, or new car.... etc. One of the hardest and most rewarding things in life is to appreciate the little things and the loved ones you have near you. May the Lord and Lady help me each day to appreciate what I have.
BB
Klarynn
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