It's all fleeting people.
Stop seeing race, color, sex, religion, etc....
Theyre all just people, and if you try to love them you won't lose anything.
There was a posting I read today that I found very, very interesting. There's a section on Reddit which I will be spending a lot more time on, I do believe.
My everyday curiosity comes with what we encounter every day. How my neighbor's life looks, works, and jives. What makes them happy, how do they celebrate? Are they happy?
I'm a people watcher at heart. Knowing what makes other people tick, is what makes me drive. Getting into their heads and then taking a step back, seeing a certain position through their eyes and thoughts.
But what if you could take that experience to the farthest extreme possible, faced (figuratively) with the eyes of someone who is dying, and able to dig into their psyche in a respectful way... was amazing to me.
I'm going to live. This is as close to travel and meeting new people as I can get now. I'm sorry if that sounds dumb but this is my world tourThere was a user who only very recently registered onto Reddit, as he barely gained the ability to lucidly hold and interact with an object such as an iPad. He had little knowing of the ability to in the flick of a finger experience the entire world through still images, explore people's reactions through video, and contact other living people through a digital means. The ability to share your thoughts with anyone... and have them so deeply appreciated, you could never understand your impact yourself.
This new user is Lucidending who registered on Reddit with one purpose, to give insight into someone who has legally, and (in my humble opinion) morally decided to end his life and suffering for himself and close relatives. And he has probably had one of the most profound impacts in a public forum I could ever imagine...
His story is one of numbness, and a sheltered life.
Everyone. You all could have improved my life through your adventures. When someone gets sick those that love them shut offnthe outside world to focus on them. All we want is a glimpse of normal
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| Fantastic image from Stuck in Customs. Definitely a sight to behold |
For six years he's suffered with lymphoma, swam through pools of opiates and been up and through the medial loop. And I'm sure he's been on that ride a few times. Now he has a chance to end his suffering, bring closure for his family, bring a message for the world and rest in peace. And what more could you want out of a human life?
He's shared his experiences and thoughts. He knows he had 51 hours to live as he started this new journey on the last peg of his life. If you were faced with the same situation, how would you handle it? How would you spend the last of your known reality?
He shared it with the world, and they reacted positively. His message will be spread to those who fortunately have more of a chance of combating these diseases that slowly kill you and everything you know. As you're thrown through a gauntlet of medicines, treatments, specialists, and medical bills. The ever stacking medical bills that take what little you had and pulverize it.
At the time of writing, it still has yet to reach the point in which his 51 hours is up, but it steadily ticks. And his thoughts are more concerned about protecting his family's happiness than on the pain he will endure or what comes next...It was a very sobering read, and gave you a good smack of reality and how to appreciate what you're given and will have. Read for yourself, but I'll put the most profound quotes that I found here.
When he was asked about how he would spend the last of his hours, and about how his iPad was his new link to the world. Users sharing their favorite images, views, scenes with him...
And probably the most important, profound, sentimental, and life-changing is this one...
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