Psyduck
Bluelighter
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Taking the "what if you had 60 seconds to live thread" to another level.
Question 1:
- What if you were diagnosed with cancer and are terminally ill; you have exactly one year to live. How would you spend it? In other words, what would become the most essential in your life? In ordinary life we're engaged in a manifold of life-projects, but we forget that our choices are limited. What would become (in the above situation) the most valuable/essential choice among the manifold of remaing life choices?
Question 2:
- Why aren't you doing this right now?
* Personally, I wouldn't spend my last days striving for self-sufficiency, personal ambitions or maximizing pleasure. I would probably spend my remaining time in service for the other, trying to help and love others as much as possible. Paradoxically, even when I'm not terminally ill right now, I'm still facing death, and I choose my life differently. Actually, the situation is not that different, life-spans are relative. I'm unsure why I'm giving priority to my own ambitions and self-sufficiency whereas, clearly, I find being there for the other much more valuable when facing death. Can one step out of this paradox?
Question 1:
- What if you were diagnosed with cancer and are terminally ill; you have exactly one year to live. How would you spend it? In other words, what would become the most essential in your life? In ordinary life we're engaged in a manifold of life-projects, but we forget that our choices are limited. What would become (in the above situation) the most valuable/essential choice among the manifold of remaing life choices?
Question 2:
- Why aren't you doing this right now?
* Personally, I wouldn't spend my last days striving for self-sufficiency, personal ambitions or maximizing pleasure. I would probably spend my remaining time in service for the other, trying to help and love others as much as possible. Paradoxically, even when I'm not terminally ill right now, I'm still facing death, and I choose my life differently. Actually, the situation is not that different, life-spans are relative. I'm unsure why I'm giving priority to my own ambitions and self-sufficiency whereas, clearly, I find being there for the other much more valuable when facing death. Can one step out of this paradox?
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