if you died tomorrow could you say you've had a good life....
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This sounds like a post I wrote a year or so ago entitled something like " Are you scared to die"...
still ****ting it. but **** all I can do about it.
Andy
still ****ting it. but **** all I can do about it.
Andy
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Yes, 2 wonderful small children, a partner of 12 years I wouldn't trade the world for and a job where I enjoy going to work.
Funnily enough we were talking last night that she might bump me off as my life insurance policies are good at the moment
Funnily enough we were talking last night that she might bump me off as my life insurance policies are good at the moment
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I think that no matter what you've done with your life, you will always wonder at times if things could have been better if you'd made different choices. I think most people are fully aware that they only have one life and that time is ticking away. I know for a fact that no matter what I achieve in my life I will wonder about the decisions I made along the way.
No matter how rich somebody is, or good looking, or whatever, they will always find things that they want to be better. I think we are programmed to be like this - it's in our make up. If people were satisfied with their lives then we wouldn't go to such lengths to seek out and overcome new challenges. I think this is why finding happiness is such a hard thing to do. It really isn't an easy thing to be truely content.
On a light hearted note... even if you've spent half a decade saving up and building yourself a 600bhp Scoob - you will still wonder what it would be like to have 700bhp. Not a bad thing, just always important to appreciate what you've got.
No matter how rich somebody is, or good looking, or whatever, they will always find things that they want to be better. I think we are programmed to be like this - it's in our make up. If people were satisfied with their lives then we wouldn't go to such lengths to seek out and overcome new challenges. I think this is why finding happiness is such a hard thing to do. It really isn't an easy thing to be truely content.
On a light hearted note... even if you've spent half a decade saving up and building yourself a 600bhp Scoob - you will still wonder what it would be like to have 700bhp. Not a bad thing, just always important to appreciate what you've got.
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
what do people see as a full life then, is it a partner couple of kids and a job?
i want squillions more from life, i havnt even started yet
i want squillions more from life, i havnt even started yet
I think I am in a damn lucky position were every day is a joy and I remember years ago when the thought of going to work was awful. The biggest thing in the future is to watch my children grow and to guide them in life and hopefully raise them as decent human beings.
The question was have you had a good life if you die tomorrow and to date the answer is YES.
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I have done more stuff than most but still not enough for myself ...... dammit ive had a good crack at it up till now. Infact I think I want something like that on my headstone. ''here lies Gary, he had a good crack at it didnt he''
Gary
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Originally Posted by Nat21
Totally yes. I have done everything i ever wanted to do and been everywhere i wanted to go. If i was told i'd die tomorrow i wouldn't care in the slightest
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If I died tomorrow I could say I'e had a good life - but I'm not finished yet - another 50 years and I'll have had a great life .
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Honestly?
No. Not a chance. Ive had some Good times of course, but I couldn't say Ive lived like I should have.
Out of a billion Sperm. I was the fastest. But Im not sure one of the other guys wouldn't have done more with the oppurtunity than I have..
No. Not a chance. Ive had some Good times of course, but I couldn't say Ive lived like I should have.
Out of a billion Sperm. I was the fastest. But Im not sure one of the other guys wouldn't have done more with the oppurtunity than I have..
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Nana Moon ???
lol, you watched it as well
but it got me thinking though. if i knew i was going to die tomorrow apart from ****ting myself, i would be kicking myself cos i hadnt done all the things i said i would do.
first on my to dolist tomorrow i think will be.......
i sat here for ages and my mind went blank
i will get back to that one
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
lol, you watched it as well
but it got me thinking though. if i knew i was going to die tomorrow apart from ****ting myself, i would be kicking myself cos i hadnt done all the things i said i would do.
first on my to dolist tomorrow i think will be.......
i sat here for ages and my mind went blank
i will get back to that one
but it got me thinking though. if i knew i was going to die tomorrow apart from ****ting myself, i would be kicking myself cos i hadnt done all the things i said i would do.
first on my to dolist tomorrow i think will be.......
i sat here for ages and my mind went blank
i will get back to that one
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I used to think that, and still do largely, there is one or two things left that I would really like to do before I leave this place
Having been very close to it on a number of occasions, I can say at those times, I wasnt happy, and that at that point i hadnt a good life (in some respects) but after those events, i made sure I did the things I wanted to do, and made sure I enjoyed every minute as much as I could
Now, I would probably be about 95% happy if I went tomorrow, but its that 5% that I hoping to achieve one day
Steve
Having been very close to it on a number of occasions, I can say at those times, I wasnt happy, and that at that point i hadnt a good life (in some respects) but after those events, i made sure I did the things I wanted to do, and made sure I enjoyed every minute as much as I could
Now, I would probably be about 95% happy if I went tomorrow, but its that 5% that I hoping to achieve one day
Steve