Tragic Accident Kills 3 Airline Students

LateNight · 10-25-2006, 02:12 AM

October can just suck if you ask me. I say that cause I saw the passing of my brother 2 years ago this month. and 2 years before that saw the passing of my oldest brother. Some years before that my father. Each death affected me differently, but my brother who most recently passed away has absolutely been the hardest for me. Someone said it can take TEN years to get over it.. if I get over it in 20 I think I'll consider myself lucky. What keeps me going was my brothers love of life, he didn't wast a single moment, and I know he'd want us all to go on LIVING. So I give it my best.

Man this IS a tough subject.. I need a drink.

Al Swearengen · 10-25-2006, 06:00 AM

Just a tragedy. Only thing thats certain about this earthly life is that sooner or later it ends. I'll confess to being more or less obsessed with death since my father's passing back in 2000. Since then, I doubt if a single day has gone by that the subject didn't cross my mind. I've always found it the very height of cruelty that we're aware of our own mortality...how fair is that? But I know exactly what my dad would've said about it...he'd have said "who the hell ever said life was fair?", to which I would've replied "I can live with the unfairness of living, its the dying part I object to." Since we all have to die some day wouldn't it have been far kinder to not know it? Would any of us trade our sentience for that blissful ignorance? There are times when I think I would. Scant comfort can be found in the understanding that death is part of life. Thats why we have religion...because nobody wants to believe that this is all there is...that we get one shot at it, and then...oblivion...the cessation of existence. Fortunately for us, creation (Genesis) itself is proof of the existence of God, and if He exists, then ipso facto there really IS hope. Hope that there is a hereafter, where we'll be reunited with our loved ones, never to experience death again. That was His promise... and if anyone's word is worth a damn, it has to be His. If there is any solace for the living, for the survivors, this is where it will be found.

Isaac-Saxxon · 10-25-2006, 07:43 AM

I agree with Al. One thing is that religion is man made and the Bible and
Christianity is another. It is the question that drives us nuts. What is IT ?
What is life like after our soul leaves this body ? These three young ladies
where fine young ladies from there school to there work in there churches
and love of there families. I know they are home with God and are just fine.
There parents and loved ones still here in the clay shell are the ones that need our prayers.
Isaac

10-25-2006, 06:00 AM	#2
Al Swearengen Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 849 Rep Power: 269	Just a tragedy. Only thing thats certain about this earthly life is that sooner or later it ends. I'll confess to being more or less obsessed with death since my father's passing back in 2000. Since then, I doubt if a single day has gone by that the subject didn't cross my mind. I've always found it the very height of cruelty that we're aware of our own mortality...how fair is that? But I know exactly what my dad would've said about it...he'd have said "who the hell ever said life was fair?", to which I would've replied "I can live with the unfairness of living, its the dying part I object to." Since we all have to die some day wouldn't it have been far kinder to not know it? Would any of us trade our sentience for that blissful ignorance? There are times when I think I would. Scant comfort can be found in the understanding that death is part of life. Thats why we have religion...because nobody wants to believe that this is all there is...that we get one shot at it, and then...oblivion...the cessation of existence. Fortunately for us, creation (Genesis) itself is proof of the existence of God, and if He exists, then ipso facto there really IS hope. Hope that there is a hereafter, where we'll be reunited with our loved ones, never to experience death again. That was His promise... and if anyone's word is worth a damn, it has to be His. If there is any solace for the living, for the survivors, this is where it will be found. Last edited by Al Swearengen; 10-25-2006 at 06:29 AM.

10-25-2006, 07:43 AM	#3
Isaac-Saxxon SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,421 Rep Power: 340	Heaven I agree with Al. One thing is that religion is man made and the Bible and Christianity is another. It is the question that drives us nuts. What is IT ? What is life like after our soul leaves this body ? These three young ladies where fine young ladies from there school to there work in there churches and love of there families. I know they are home with God and are just fine. There parents and loved ones still here in the clay shell are the ones that need our prayers. Isaac

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10-25-2006, 02:12 AM	#1
LateNight SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,609 Rep Power: 290	October can just suck if you ask me. I say that cause I saw the passing of my brother 2 years ago this month. and 2 years before that saw the passing of my oldest brother. Some years before that my father. Each death affected me differently, but my brother who most recently passed away has absolutely been the hardest for me. Someone said it can take TEN years to get over it.. if I get over it in 20 I think I'll consider myself lucky. What keeps me going was my brothers love of life, he didn't wast a single moment, and I know he'd want us all to go on LIVING. So I give it my best. Man this IS a tough subject.. I need a drink.

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