Fear Of Death Is What Keeps Us Alive

 Fear Of Death Is What Keeps Us Alive

Fear Of Death Is What Keeps Us Alive is a line by Dr. McCoy in the movie Star Treck Beyond. There are people who say: I don't fear death." For the vast majority, I'm calling Bullshit! My situation is different for two reasons;

1- Although I don't believe in a supreme being who figures into my life, I do believe there is something more after we die. I believe it could be another dimension. Just because our five senses can't see, hear or touch something, doesn't mean there isn't something more going on.

2- My only regret about dying is that I won't see it all. Being a computer scientist, I love technology. In my almost 80 years I've seen how technology has changed the world and most of all the people in it. I love thinking about the future and all it may bring, but dyeing 14 years from now, will not let me see some of the technology that's portrayed in Star Treck.

Fearing death is OK unless it makes you depressed, fear of taking risks, fear of traveling, fear of leaving the house, fear of being with friends because you might get sick, etc. - etc. The fact is that fearing death should get you to live all the life that is available to you.

Don't say, "I have plenty of time to take that trip before I die." Even if you're young, shit happens. Don't wait until it's too late. Don't look back on your life, just before you die, and say, "I shoulda or coulda have done that. Shouldas or coulda's will never bring you happiness. 

Sooo, what about you? Do you fear death or are you waiting until it's too late to do what you want to do now. I know it's hard. There might be financial problems, family problems, health problems, but by putting yourself in first position, you will find a way.

Make Fear Of Death A Good Thing

A Saying You Should Think About That Is Food For Thought

 A Saying You Should Think About That Is Food For Thought

While watching a movie I can't remember (I have CRS - can't remember shit), There was a saying my Joyce wrote down that's something for you to consider.

"You can spend your whole life searching for who you want to be, but you will never be happy until you accept who you are."

 I wanted to be in the sports business. Maybe a pitcher or a wide receiver or someone associated with the business side of sports. Well, a player wasn't going to happen because I'm a 5'f 8f' skinny guy with a bad back. Getting involved with an NFL team is really tough.

I became a computer scientist. One doesn't have to be tall or strong with a good back to be a computer scientist. One only has to have a left brain that understands how computers and networks can solve people and business problems.

I use my creative side to write, but am I a talented writer - no. I'm proud of the books I've written and published, but none of them will get the Pulitzer Prize. So, I have to accept that I'm a computer scientist that writes.

I also have to accept that I'm not a great dad. However, I am a great friend and husband. It took me 40 years to accept who I was. What I realized was I had faults, but I was a good guy who loves life and loves all the people I associate with.

That was me - what about you? Do you really accept and love who you are? Do you acknowledge your faults and try to make them better? Do you acknowledge all the good things about yourself?

Food For Thought

We Become What We Worship

 My Joyce sent this to me:

                We Become What We Worship

There are no atheists. We all worship something. Some of us worship money. Some worship our and others physical beauty. Some of us worship our possessions. Some of us worship our intellect. Some worship gaining power and control over others.

I submit that we become what we worship, that day-by-day, we become more deeply embroiled in those things that we consider all-important. Our life eventually centers about those things, to the exclusion of others. Therefore, I suggest you place great care and importance in what you choose to worship. Be acutely aware of where your devotion will lead you. The unrestrained reverence for money, physical beauty and the other things I’ve listed above can lead to unhappiness, feeling lost, deadness. Worshipping these can lead to greed, and fear, and loss of soul.

So, let me suggest that, at least as part of your supplication, you worship love. If you hold reverence for love, valuing the importance of love in your everyday life and giving your loving generosity to others and receiving other’s love in return, your life will be full with happiness.

First of all, the first paragraph does not depict me. From a religious point of view, I am an atheist. I appreciate those who are believers, but as a computer scientist, my focus is on me not a supreme being. I do not worship the list of things in paragraph one. However, the last paragraph is all about me. I worship loving others, loving life and loving myself. That's one of the reasons I'm a happy person. 

What good does worshiping possessions, money, power, ego, and beauty get you? Worshiping possessions will lead to never having enough. Worshiping power will lead to working all the time and being under great stress. 

Worshiping money will lead to two things. One, those who never spend the money they have will mean you never get all the thing life has to offer you. Two, those who do everything in their power to get more money. Once you have enough money to live out the rest of your life, the new money will only get you cosmetic stuff. People who worship money will never have enough cosmetic stuff.

Worshiping beauty will limit who you want as friends and family. People come in all sizes and shapes. If you worship beauty you may never see the good, the love, the happiness and the intellect in those who are not beautiful. 

If you worship beauty you will do anything to make yourself beautiful. Besides the cost and the pain it takes to make yourself beautiful, the fact is it will not work. You may be able to make your face beautiful, but you can't make old hands and legs look young. Seeing a 30-year-old face with 60-year-old hands is just - UGH.

Lastly, people who worship possessions, money, power, ego, and beauty are usually insecure. If those people find a way to lose their insecurity, they might realize that worshiping possessions, money, power, ego, and beauty will never lead to happiness.