Tell me true....
After a medical examination, your doctor calls and gravely says you have a rare lymphanic cancer and only a few months to live. Five days later, she informs you that the lab tests were mislabeled; you are perfectly healthy. Forced for a moment to look death in the face, you have been allowed to turn and go on. During those difficult days, you would have certainly gained some insights about yourself. Do you think they would be worth the pain?
posted by Good Wife @ 3:32 PM
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Hmmm. I think initially I would be angry and hurt and upset, but after some time to think about it,I think I would realize the reflection was good for me and probably improved my life or at least reminded me of the important things in life.
Absolutely.
BTW, I think you must have meant leukemic, or lymphoma ;)
Facing death seems to always profoundly change a person, but not always for the better. After surviving breast cancer, my quiet and shy mother got large breast implants, a tattoo, a series of boyfriends including one she moved in with (to my step-father's surprise!) and attempted suicide because she felt she wasn't getting enough attention from her new boyfriend...
Having watched my mother go through all that, I'll pass on the offer of clarity and just take what comes my way.
GW, it was pure irony that I stumbled on this story after reading your post...
Defense: Near Death Experience to Save Marriage or Attempted Murder?
You don't need a near death experience to examine your life. Just have several people near to you pass away in a horrific, unexpected manner. Then get step-kids thrown in the mix to cause a difficult situation to turn worse. Add to that a discovery that the two people who passed away left you with 250K in debt to manage. Makes you quickly realize that material things are not important and that you'd better plan your goals in life if you want to get anything important done before you depart this world.
A better question would be, does MY DOCTOR think they would be worth the pain? Because I guarantee they would be hurting after hubby got through with them for scaring HIM out of his mind. Personally it wouldn't bother me, because I try to live life with the attitude I might not wake up tomorrow. Let's face it, any of us might not. There are no guarantees. However for hubby he has told me many times that he prays consantly that he would be the first to be taken out of this world, because he does not think he could handle a loss of that magnitude, but he knows that I am strong enough to carry on.
No, because there are easier ways in life to discover about yourself. Getting some height and looking at the world from a different perspective - climb a Mountain. Stop and observe the life around you - see and look into the multifaceted stories that are unfolding around you in people you know and do not know. Watch and transport yourself into how it must feel to be somebody else or something else.
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