You have one more day to live...

[NoJo]

What would like to do/experience on the last day of your life alone/with loved ones?



Personally, I'd like a stroll in my local park.

 

[rgraham666]

I'd get laid.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I'd probably spend part of it with my BF and family, and part of it in the woods behind my grandma's house, with my dogs.

 

[CharleyH]

You know. This is interesting. When my mother was diing, I was struck not only by her strength, but by the new persepective with which she saw life. It was, to me, a gift she bestowed upon me to try and experience from her perspective, to try and appreciate everything that surrounded her from the momentary appearance of a bird in the midst of winter, to the way that a single leaf turns and folds in a breath of spring wind.

We are all so busy and self-consumed most of the time, and her death opened me to pause ... not to look, but to see, not to listen, but to hear, to taste and feel the unnoticed nuances and even the oft' too noticeable idiosyncracies that surrounds us. I continue to try to do this when I remember.

With one last day, I would take her example, surrounded by those I love, and experience the full awe of life no matter where I was, although it would be nice if it were on an ocean beach.

 

[matriarch]

You know. This is interesting. When my mother was diing, I was struck not only by her strength, but by the new persepective with which she saw life. It was, to me, a gift she bestowed upon me to try and experience from her perspective, to try and appreciate everything that surrounded her from the momentary appearance of a bird in the midst of winter, to the way that a single leaf turns and folds in a breath of spring wind.

We are all so busy and self-consumed most of the time, and her death opened me to pause ... not to look, but to see, not to listen, but to hear, to taste and feel the unnoticed nuances and even the oft' too noticeable idiosyncracies that surrounds us. I continue to try to do this when I remember.

With one last day, I would take her example, surrounded by those I love, and experience the full awe of life no matter where I was, although it would be nice if it were on an ocean beach.

Exsquisite language and visuals.
Thank you.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Well, I'm certainly not going to spend it with this stack of work. Ugh.

Shanglan

 

[Guest]

Personally, I'd like a stroll in my local park.

I'd like to be walking hand in hand with a friend in a beautiful place, not talking much though. If alone I'd like to be gliding on the Grand Canal in a gondola. (Oh, and drinking really good Champagne and smoking.)

Perdita

 

[carsonshepherd]

Re: Re: You have one more day to live...

I'd like to be walking hand in hand with a friend in a beautiful place, not talking much though. If alone I'd like to be gliding on the Grand Canal in a gondola. (Oh, and drinking really good Champagne and smoking.)

Perdita

Wow! Great hat!

I love to be with friends, but I love to be alone too, especially in nature. If I had one day, I'd want to just be in nature. Not thinking or doing or talking. Just being.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Seriously ... playing with the dogs. A long, exhausting walk through one of the local parks, perhaps a swim if the weather is good. Then I'd hire out the local restaraunt that I like and take them with me to dinner - I've always wanted to do that. Drift off to sleep with a little music.

Shanglan

 

[gauchecritic]

You know. This is interesting. When my mother was diing, I was struck not only by her strength, but by the new persepective with which she saw life. It was, to me, a gift she bestowed upon me to try and experience from her perspective, to try and appreciate everything that surrounded her from the momentary appearance of a bird in the midst of winter, to the way that a single leaf turns and folds in a breath of spring wind.

We are all so busy and self-consumed most of the time, and her death opened me to pause ... not to look, but to see, not to listen, but to hear, to taste and feel the unnoticed nuances and even the oft' too noticeable idiosyncracies that surrounds us. I continue to try to do this when I remember.

With one last day, I would take her example, surrounded by those I love, and experience the full awe of life no matter where I was, although it would be nice if it were on an ocean beach.

I can never help but be saddened when I see people who wish they could take the time to notice natural beauty.
Being a daydreamer and so laid back I can be easily mistaken for being asleep, there are no end of times when I stop and look. Smiling more often than not. Some things I noticed today:

The sun setting.
A tree thinking it was spring already and showing buds.
A baby smiling at me.
A mother smiling, seeing that I was enjoying a baby's smile.
Contrails making tic-tac-toe trellises across the blue.
Un-sprung mole traps.


There's no wonder I'm laid back.

 

[cantdog]

Just looking up once in a while is a rare thing for people. And yet the sky is always there, usually accessible with little effort. Urban people are often as cut off from it as a prisoner.

People around here go into the woods often enough, but they miss it just the same. It's motors. They sit their fat asses on a snowmobile. This is a very noisy device with an electronic sensor in the ignition. It won't let the key turn unless there's alcohol in your blood.

I see more in an hour on snowshoes than those people do riding all day on the trails. Same thing for my canoe and their big Whaler with the 250 hp outboard.

The protests of such people that they love being in nature ring very hollow.

But I have seen enough so that with just the one day, I would play with children.

 

[Just-Legal]

Say goodbye to the three closest to my heart, and my family.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I see more in an hour on snowshoes than those people do riding all day on the trails. Same thing for my canoe and their big Whaler with the 250 hp outboard.

The protests of such people that they love being in nature ring very hollow.

As do people who love the outdoors and wildlife so much, they take a shotgun with them and kill it.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

As do people who love the outdoors and wildlife so much, they take a shotgun with them and kill it.

Hey, the outdoors had it comin'.

What would I do? Relentlessly pursue a second opinion . . .

 

[cantdog]

Hey, the outdoors had it comin'.

Yeah. You the dirty outdoors that killed my brother??

 

[BlackShanglan]

... a snowmobile. This is a very noisy device with an electronic sensor in the ignition. It won't let the key turn unless there's alcohol in your blood.

Ha! I like it, cantdog. I used to live in an area where snowmobiling was popular and I entirely agree with the definition.

Shanglan

 

[cantdog]

The deaths due to snowmobiles are going up slowly year by year. Strangely, none of them is because the bastards were shot on the way through the yard.

They say not to count the one last year, since he wasn't actually on the machine. The poor guy was walking, in the open, in the middle of a fucking lake, for Christ's sake, and a drone on a snowmobile going something like eighty or ninety miles an hour (130-145 kph) ran him over. The tracks then circle back to see, then take off again without the driver ever even getting off the machine.

Pet peeve. They trash my camp and scorch the side of it lighting fires-- with my firewood, of course.

Lovely, considerate people. I'm sure these are just the "bad apples."

 

[gauchecritic]

Say goodbye to the three closest to my heart, and my family.

Were that possible. Excellent idea JL.

 

[shereads]

You know. This is interesting. When my mother was diing, I was struck not only by her strength, but by the new persepective with which she saw life. It was, to me, a gift she bestowed upon me to try and experience from her perspective, to try and appreciate everything that surrounded her from the momentary appearance of a bird in the midst of winter, to the way that a single leaf turns and folds in a breath of spring wind.

We are all so busy and self-consumed most of the time, and her death opened me to pause ... not to look, but to see, not to listen, but to hear, to taste and feel the unnoticed nuances and even the oft' too noticeable idiosyncracies that surrounds us. I continue to try to do this when I remember.

With one last day, I would take her example, surrounded by those I love, and experience the full awe of life no matter where I was, although it would be nice if it were on an ocean beach.

This puts my intended two-word reply to shame.

 

[shereads]

Un-sprung mole traps.

In the eye of the beholder, if the beholder is a mole, there's nothing lovelier.

I'm with you, gauche. Surviving a depression that once cast everything in shades of gray has left me hungry to appreciate things that used to escape my notice. Today I spent a quarter of an hour watching a pair of tiny green lizards face off on the back deck. I could imagine how they must seem to each other: T-Rexes in a battle of the titans. Chartreuse T-Rexes, surrounded by the pink petals shed last night by the bougainvillea.

 

[shereads]

The answer I want to give involves a peaceful day with friends and family.

The honest answer is that I'd love to spend the last day in an orgy of self-indulgence that would leave me so exhausted I'd die in my sleep.

 

[Bridget69]

I think we should always pay attention to the special things in life, because while we think of living our last day a long time from now, it could end up being tomorrow after all.

 

[cantdog]

And get laid

 

[curious2c]

If I knew it was coming...I'd want to have an orgy of me and quite a few lit ladies...all day long.



If I didn't, then let me go as go...I'll be satisfied with my life.

 

[Guest]

Chartreuse T-Rexes, surrounded by the pink petals shed last night by the bougainvillea.

More proof why you should write more than posts, Sher. Thanks for the image made real.

Perdita