Let me ask you something, Marcy...
Choose life? And how long does this choice last? Ten years, 50 years?
In other words, we are all going to die, rotting in a coffin, and rather soon in the grand scheme of things, going to be that cadaver you see on the boob tube but don't think it applies to you. This universe is supposedly billions of years old with billions, billions of humans who have walked this planet...we all need to grasp this that you and I and all here are literally just handful of the BILLIONS who have walked this planet--in other words, we need to get over ourselves.
So we "choose life" and live to be 100 and die in our sleep? Not likely. Overwhelming odds are that if we live to be, not old (old in the Grand Scheme of Things may not even apply to the Universe which is supposedly BILLIONS of years old) but say 100, odds are we will either have cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's, bad painful arthritis. This fairy tale that we live to be old, that the golden years are wonderful, is just that. A fairy tale which people believe in, to avoid looking at life the way it really is....much if not most of the world living in heinous poverty we can't even imagine, humans, far too many, being killed through gangs, thievery, having their heads literally whittled off--we should all grasp this (what a darn beautiful place we humans have made this planet...not), burned alive. And...and...humans make the story even more appealing by perpetuating the idea that after we are a corpse, we have these eternal spirits that live forever and ever with God and the angels. Makes a good story. God, I hope this story is true, but of all the billions of humans who have died, billions, not one has come back and given proof that there is a God and after-life.
Choose life? If we were to really, really look at it with honesty and guts, who would choose to live a few years--choose life--on this planet, one polluted with man's chemicals and nature. Highly polluted.
Makes me sad that this earth is finally succumbing to an animal, us. We destroyed it environmentally and morally, we egocentric humans who think the world revolves around us. Huge ego. As I said, we need to get over ourselves, and then perhaps there might be something to choosing a brief amount of time down here, to choosing life.
Annie
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Originally Posted by Purplespider
My forum name is Purplespider. My real name is Marcy and I live in Virginia. I am so sorry for what you are going through. I am a nurse and understand what you are going through as well. I too have been where you are right now. The things that have helped me to choose life are my close friends and having a diary. Now, I feel better about certain things. I can write things down that helped me to release some of that painful experience. I also went to see a therapist for about three years after the incident and that also helped me heal. I also did some art therapy sessions which helped incorporate my healing process. Just know that there is always help and hope in every situation and if you need someone to talk to, talk to your best friend or talk to a counselor at your school. I wish you the best.
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