Meditations Pt. 8 - January 20, 2008

It doesn't matter who you are or how many things you have left to be done, somewhere there is someone who would kill you for a thousand dollars or for a vile of crack or for getting in their way. A car could hit you in an intersection and drive your teeth back into your skull.

Its a fun question to say "What would I change about my life if the doctor told me I had cancer?" And then we go "Well thank God I don't have cancer." We do. That death sentence has already been decreed. Every second probability is eating away at the chances that you'll be alive tomorrow; something is coming and you'll never be able to stop it. All I have is to be ready for when that day comes--to be able to say "I would have liked to go a little longer, but this works too."

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This sort of thinking also helps keep me out of bad moods. I think to myself, "If I were to die right now, would I really want it to happen with this much hatred inside me?"

There is definitely something to be said about treasuring the notion of death.

Posted by: Ilan Bouchard at January 20, 2008 07:21 PM

Just curious, are you familiar with the work of Biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey?

Short video at TED:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/39

Long video at Google:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8554766938711591377&hl=en

Also, there's his book which you can find on Amazon. I recommend it. The biology can get technical, but I already know you like challenging books.

Posted by: Michael G.R. at January 21, 2008 12:01 PM