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The Four Noble Truths - To Live is to Suffer
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Totally agree.
Quoting: Septenary Man Let me ramble a little bit... Yesterday was my 40th wedding anniversary. We have fewer years ahead than we have already had. One day, one of us will pass on, and the other will grieve. There will be a sense of loss, and a sense of loss implies attachment. There are also a few others with whom I am tightly connected, and the same thing is true with them: the end of the relationship will cause me to grieve. But I don't think it will be the type of attachment expressed by "I can't live without you." I don't feel as if I will become attached to the grief itself. Isn't this easier to comes to terms with though at your stage of life. With time comes perspective in looking at the inevitable, bla bla. (not demeaning your message though). Those just starting out in life with young children are in very much a life & deathy mode as supporters and protectors, much much more difficult to come to terms with that. Yet a person could lose their loved ones, everything in the blink of an eye and it happens every day. Or, there are people who were abandoned and their new loved ones take on a visceral almost involuntary attachment. Too much, I'd say then cross that bridge when you can walk across without agony. Be assured that nothing demeaning came through at all! Yes, I think you are right. Our concept of love as well as our capacity to give and receive love matures as we live out our lives. One thing that most of us would do, I think, would be to sacrifice our own lives for the life of one we truly loved. I've thought about this a lot (off and on) over the years. I even wrote a GLP thread on it a couple of years ago. Thread: The Greatest Story Never Told Note that it has religious (Christian) thought, which was my purpose in writing it. But Good Friday is upon us again, so maybe a re-read isn't a bad thing. Once my two daughters came around, it is something that I cannot NOT think about. Not to mention my wife, or my siblings. But, the strongest pull in self sacrifice would definitely be for my daughters.
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