Comments on: Warming up to death http://www.jtmitchum.com/blog/2005/09/11/warming-up-to-death/ Practicing mental indigestion daily Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:43:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: free help quit smoking http://www.jtmitchum.com/blog/2005/09/11/warming-up-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-143 free help quit smoking Sun, 09 Apr 2006 01:51:28 +0000 http://family.ncambium.com/jt/?p=39#comment-143 Great web site! I read the last post and completely agree. I came across your page when searching on information about cancer and smoking. I need to start a web blog yours! I am jealous :-) Great web site! I read the last post and completely agree. I came across your page when searching on information about cancer and smoking. I need to start a web blog yours! I am jealous :-)

]]> By: Dem0critus http://www.jtmitchum.com/blog/2005/09/11/warming-up-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Dem0critus Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:56:36 +0000 http://family.ncambium.com/jt/?p=39#comment-79 I think that the reason that some deaths hit me harder, even if I didn't know the person personally, is because I understand how much such a death will effect others. I think that the reason that some deaths hit me harder, even if I didn’t know the person personally, is because I understand how much such a death will effect others.

]]> By: alphapyro http://www.jtmitchum.com/blog/2005/09/11/warming-up-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-78 alphapyro Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:14:23 +0000 http://family.ncambium.com/jt/?p=39#comment-78 I empathize with you in some ways about the subject. I can think of my friends whom were close to me that I've lost firsthand. One to a car accident and another trying to get off heroin among a few. These things hit you hard and center, but they teach you much in the process. I believe the minute someone cherishes the lives they live the happier the world around them becomes by default, and not the way they live or die, but the impact they make on each individual around them in the process. The fruits of this model are incomparable to "the job." People die, some you know, and some you don't. The only difference is the impact left on you by the death. Perhaps the biggest tragedy of all is not their death, but what they can no longer provide to the world we live as individuals. However, what they provided alive is more than enough to carry on what they were unable to for themselves. There's a cycle to it that I can't quite put my finger on, but perhaps one day I'll understand, and maybe I won't. There's too much of an indifference with death in this case, and maybe it's because it doesn't really matter, but it should. I empathize with you in some ways about the subject. I can think of my friends whom were close to me that I’ve lost firsthand. One to a car accident and another trying to get off heroin among a few. These things hit you hard and center, but they teach you much in the process. I believe the minute someone cherishes the lives they live the happier the world around them becomes by default, and not the way they live or die, but the impact they make on each individual around them in the process. The fruits of this model are incomparable to “the job.”

People die, some you know, and some you don’t. The only difference is the impact left on you by the death. Perhaps the biggest tragedy of all is not their death, but what they can no longer provide to the world we live as individuals. However, what they provided alive is more than enough to carry on what they were unable to for themselves. There’s a cycle to it that I can’t quite put my finger on, but perhaps one day I’ll understand, and maybe I won’t.

There’s too much of an indifference with death in this case, and maybe it’s because it doesn’t really matter, but it should.

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