"Smile and wave goodbye"

I think about dying, death. I think about it a lot. It's a shame people aren't allowed to admit these things without seeming suicidal. But why shouldn't we think about death? It's the one absolute guarantee in life.

How do you want to die?

Two years ago I blogged about my childhood friend, Rick, and my dad. How they are (were) the two most influential men in my life. Since then Rick has died from brain cancer, and my dad is dying of lung cancer.

And while both dad and Rick, were given time to die, both were given time to say goodbye to loved ones, neither one considered before how they wanted to die.

I think about death.

I have friends (like Casey and Aramis) who never want to die. Never. They want to live forever. And I tell them the only way to be immortal - is to die.

I have fantasies of a heroic death by saving children from a blazing inferno, only to be trapped inside once all the children are safe. But truthfully, if we crunch the numbers, all things considered, I'll probably die alone in a hospice overseas.

Can't escape death. Might as well plan for it....

Be that death by disease, strife, old age, or natural disaster...

"Don't you know that you are a shooting star. And all the world will love you just as long, as long as you are, a shooting star."
- Bad Company