Comments on: You’re Being Watched, Part 1 http://turningpro.net/youre-being-watched-part-1 The Blog of Ian Claudius Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:39:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: doug http://turningpro.net/youre-being-watched-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-1627 doug Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:31:04 +0000 http://turningpro.net/?p=59#comment-1627 i'm torn between three views on this question: 1. "life is what happens while you are making other plans" 2. "cowards die a thousand deaths......etc etc" 3. "you're born, life is a beach/bitch, then you die" i’m torn between three views on this question:
1. “life is what happens while you are making other plans”
2. “cowards die a thousand deaths……etc etc”
3. “you’re born, life is a beach/bitch, then you die”

]]> By: Drasko http://turningpro.net/youre-being-watched-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-232 Drasko Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:58:50 +0000 http://turningpro.net/?p=59#comment-232 I see your bolded statement as being true. Fear of dying can be seen as fear of not having lived. If you know your time is up and you look back on your life with regret it means you have not lived. If you know how to die, then would it be right to assume that you would not fear death? And by not fearing death it means you have lived a life you do not regret . I find this similar to Paulo Coelho's answer to "what would you like written on your tombstone?" His answer: Paulo Coehlo died while he was still alive. I interpret that quote as saying he lived each day to the fullest and died doing so. Time was not wasted. By knowing how to live he knew how to die. I see your bolded statement as being true.

Fear of dying can be seen as fear of not having lived. If you know your time is up and you look back on your life with regret it means you have not lived. If you know how to die, then would it be right to assume that you would not fear death? And by not fearing death it means you have lived a life you do not regret .

I find this similar to Paulo Coelho’s answer to “what would you like written on your tombstone?” His answer: Paulo Coehlo died while he was still alive.

I interpret that quote as saying he lived each day to the fullest and died doing so. Time was not wasted. By knowing how to live he knew how to die.

]]> By: Mark http://turningpro.net/youre-being-watched-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-92 Mark Tue, 13 May 2008 19:01:26 +0000 http://turningpro.net/?p=59#comment-92 I've done a lot of suffering in my life, much more it in the miserable manner. We always have the choice to think of something in a different light. And that new perspective can make all the difference. Taking time to reflect can prepare one for these hard times. But, what do we consider hard times? I’ve done a lot of suffering in my life, much more it in the miserable manner. We always have the choice to think of something in a different light. And that new perspective can make all the difference. Taking time to reflect can prepare one for these hard times. But, what do we consider hard times?

]]> By: Mikki http://turningpro.net/youre-being-watched-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-73 Mikki Thu, 08 May 2008 07:40:53 +0000 http://turningpro.net/?p=59#comment-73 You don't always have a choice on how to die, though in a sense we're all dying everyday. Knowing how to live, however, is a choice we make for ourselves daily. Many pay no mind, whereas others savor the flavors of each day. Its the moments and so many don't know what they're missing... You don’t always have a choice on how to die, though in a sense we’re all dying everyday. Knowing how to live, however, is a choice we make for ourselves daily. Many pay no mind, whereas others savor the flavors of each day. Its the moments and so many don’t know what they’re missing…

]]> By: Eric http://turningpro.net/youre-being-watched-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-72 Eric Tue, 06 May 2008 21:18:48 +0000 http://turningpro.net/?p=59#comment-72 Dying honorably is accepting the fact of one's mortality. Living is accepting the fact you will die and living each day with that in mind. Dying honorably is accepting the fact of one’s mortality. Living is accepting the fact you will die and living each day with that in mind.

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