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Greenleaves said:
Thank-you Debbie for sharing your story. It seems like you learned a lot from your experiences. I don't have much life experience at all.

I guess death is just scary and there is nothing one can do about it.

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Two things occured to me, one, maybe some of your fear is that of dying without having lived a "full" life with all the experiences it has to potentially offer. Borrowing from Debbie's wisdom, reach a little outside of yourself every day, give yourself new experiences. Do something new, explore. I'm sure you notice, if you give a hamster an environment to do things and explore, he/she seems happier. I feel people are highly effected by environment.

Two, "I guess death is just scary and there is nothing one can do about it" is a poignant and insightful way to put it- hmmm, it would make a great title for a book.

Let us know if you get a new hamster, and what his or her name is

By the way, how do you highlight just the part that you want to show as a quote? I could only quote your whole response.