you know, ive always heard “only the good die young” and I cant help but believe it.
my father died when I was 18 and the funeral procession was so long people were laughing. his only brother, my uncle, has raging full-ass narcissistic personality disorder and terrorizes everyone who has the displeasure of knowing him. healthy and thriving nearly 30 years after his brother died. he didnt seem sad at the funeral.
anyway!! i was talking to a muslim guy i know who’s mother recently died very suddenly from a terrible cancer and he said that in islam there is a notion that ‘the righteous are spared a protracted death’. I liked that quite a bit. kinda similar but also a rather different take on the idea
I’m sorry about your dad. I lost mine too early also and am tempted to find comfort in what you say but it still rings hollow to me. I think my father would have chosen the protracted death. Also, if god has any power, why not heal our dads instead of killing them quickly? In the end it seems I’m just trying to make myself feel better when in reality, there is no justice in a great many things in this world, our fathers death’s included.
you know, ive always heard “only the good die young” and I cant help but believe it.
my father died when I was 18 and the funeral procession was so long people were laughing. his only brother, my uncle, has raging full-ass narcissistic personality disorder and terrorizes everyone who has the displeasure of knowing him. healthy and thriving nearly 30 years after his brother died. he didnt seem sad at the funeral.
anyway!! i was talking to a muslim guy i know who’s mother recently died very suddenly from a terrible cancer and he said that in islam there is a notion that ‘the righteous are spared a protracted death’. I liked that quite a bit. kinda similar but also a rather different take on the idea
I hope that you give yourself a break and enjoy a long, happy, healthy, and fruitful life.
Sorry about your Pops.
thanks :)
Unfortunately, deeply caring about the suffering around you in the world is actually very bad for your health.
I’m sorry about your dad. I lost mine too early also and am tempted to find comfort in what you say but it still rings hollow to me. I think my father would have chosen the protracted death. Also, if god has any power, why not heal our dads instead of killing them quickly? In the end it seems I’m just trying to make myself feel better when in reality, there is no justice in a great many things in this world, our fathers death’s included.
yeah I feel you.
Its really just a nice thought.
I do believe that shitty people live longer. In german they have a phrase that translates roughly to “weeds are very hard to kill”
I’ve seen evidence in my own life that backs that up too.