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Lots Of Notable Passings Lately

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There have been a lot of celebrities and people of note who have passed away recently. People who were the faces of generations created memories that will last a lifetime. These individuals are human beings and like all other humans, they will one day leave us for eternity and find communion with the afterlife.

Here’s a short list of people who have passed in the past few weeks. More passed away earlier in the year.

  • Bob Newhart
  • Richard Simmons
  • Shannen Doherty
  • Dr. Ruth Westheimer
  • Martin Mull
  • Donald Sutherland
  • Willie Mays
  • Shelley Duvall
  • Jacoby Jones
  • James Sikking
  • Naomi Pomeroy
  • Benji Gregory
  • Joe Bonsall
  • Sika Anoa’i
  • Bill Cobbs

We aren’t even done with the year and this list will grow longer. Please someone protect Dick Van Dyke.

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The Reality Of Life and Death and Facebook/Social Networking

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I just found out that a friend of mine from my childhood passed away in 2021. We were both connected on Facebook but I didn’t get word on my feed. Today was his birthday and I went to wish him a happy birthday and that clued me into the fact he was no longer with us.

First, I am sad he is gone. Sad for him and his family who miss him. I hate that I didn’t know he had passed. His absence from Facebook could have been any other thing than death. People take breaks and out of sight out of mind sort of thing. Don’t assume they are simply on a break.

Two ladies I was blogging friends with died, and after not seeing them for a while I became concerned. I didn’t know until I visited their pages to find out they had passed.

The moral of this story is to keep up with your friends. Facebook can be a tool to help with that but it isn’t always reliable. I need to keep up and others I hope will keep up with me. Connections and friendships are valuable don’t’ take them for granted.

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Six Word Story

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I’m tired of death and destruction.

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Daily Prompt – Word Of The Day: Death

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My dad passed away on August 24th. He’s no longer with us on Earth. I know he is with the Saints and Angels of heaven but that doesn’t change the fact I hate he is not here. Death is something I hate with everything I have. Sure it’s a cure but its also a price you pay for living or so it seems. My goodness so many good people go into eternity but it still sucks. Losing people is awful. I do wish people didn’t have to go but you know they have to because bodies wear out and all that jazz. Death sucks, it just does. Screw death.

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Quote Of The Day

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I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death…Robert Fulghum

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A Ramble About The Afterlife

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We worry about the goodness to come in the afterlife that we fail to make things good in the life we live day-to-day. In my mind it’s really selfish to want the glory of heaven/paradise when there is much to be done to live the best life you can in the here and now. Death is a part of life, it’s the conclusion of ones earthly existence but ones story does continue to be written I think when we continue to be a part of that stream of consciousness and existence in the heavenly places. Our higher power, our creator gave us the gifts of people, places, things to sustain us while here on this planet created for life. We owe it to the ones we love to be there for them and to vigorously embrace them in a profound way. Until we are called to the company of saints then we still have much living to do. It would be a shame to leave this place worse than we found it in our birth.