I'm not sure how many of you have heard yet, but John Ritter passed away very recently due to a unknown heart problem.

Even though he was "just" one of my more-likeable actors (meaning I had no real interaction with the man), I still feel very... I don't even know the word... feeling as though my stomach has been slightly gnawed at would suffice, I suppose.

It's just brought me to think of how short life is. He was only 54, which is only a handful of years older than my mother.

It seemed as though life can be going so well, and then in a snap it's gone.

It's also very disturbing to know as I've typed this hundreds more have died for various reasons... yet, hundreds more are being born.

Sorry, I'm in a mood I guess... :huh:

i don't want to disrespect the dead, but to me, john ritter is just another celebrity that i don't care about -_-;
don't get me wrong, three's company has kept me entertained on a rainy day, but frankly i just don't care about him.
i'm not glad he's dead, but i'm not sad or anything either.

That's okay, but the main point to my post wasn't Ritter's passing directly, but how short life is. I mean, he's only a few years older than my own mother... 9_9 I couldn't imagine her dying tomorrow suddenly, just out of the blue.

Well, Ritter was younger than both of my parents. I was very shocked to see that he died. And he died from something beyond anyone's control. That's what makes it so bad.

When I was 23, a coworker of my brother's just didn't show up at work. He was 26 like my brother at the time and single. Two days went by and no one heard from him. My brother went over to his apartment but got no answer even though his car was there. They called his family and his parents convinced the apartment managers to let them in. He was found dead in his bathtub. Another one of those unforeseen problems.

I try to live my life to the fullest. I've been in a couple of near death experiences myself. I have a bad food allergy that even smelling it can make me stop breathing. My body purges immediately if I accidentally ingest it to the point that I can pass out and die. So, I kind of already faced my own mortality and try not to let it bring me down.

So cheerup, Mikage-san! It'll be ok. :wub:

--duotrouble

Ya know, I didn't know who John Ritter was until snortstah mentioned three's a company....but I have heard about his sudden death.

It is a major fear for me to lose a family member as well. I myself don't fear dying but it's living while your love ones are .....ya know... I guess all we can really do is spend as much time with those we care about. Personally, I've been an ass to my parents growing up but now I'm trying to make up for it, although it is a bit more dificult to get along with my dad, but I try to make the best of it and think what he's done for me before. Just spend some QUALITY TIME!!!

And it also is a dilemna fearing what can happen in the future, whether or not today would be your last day or not. Yet there's really nothing we can do about it other than what Duo said, live life to the fullest. You've probably heard a phrase like this many times but I'm gona say it anyway: You can't enjoy life if your afraid to take chances. Being safe and all is good ( preventing any accidents that can lead to death) but what about the things you can't control, like what happened to Mr. Ritter, you can't do anything to avoid that kind of situation, thus you wasted your life worrying and being safe while you could have been out there living life and having fun. I'm not saying you should be careless but you shouldn't be too uptight about other things as well.

I can't believe I wrote this much...my apologies...

Well we should all just enjoy what we have now and be thankful and everything will turn out fine !!! :lol:

I myself do fear loosing a loved one like anyone does. But I also am not to concerned weather I live or die. Don't get me wrong I do enjoy life and would rather be around and due to my crazy driving I have had my share of near death experiences. I just figure if I worry about it all the time I will miss out on all that life has to offer.

I feel it's not how long you live but how important the life you lived was to yourself and others.

TD

Agreed. :)

i also worry about losing others more than me dying.
but i'm really quite curious about what happens when we die. i mean what does it feel like? or will we feel anything? but how can we not feel something? i'm always asking these things, lol

I'm not sure what it feels like when we die... but... I think it's peaceful. Maybe painful for "the bad ones"?

I dunno... I guess we'll all find out someday. :)