Pratchett: Shedding some light on assisted death

[Egg]

I'll save it for a rainy day. A VERY rainy day

[Pana]

Ah, well, I hope that that rainy day never clouds over your horizon, Egg.

There is much fear of death in our culture today - kind of funny when you consider that you can't do a damn thing about it. Fearing it is a waste of time and energy. I'm going out on a limb here but from my meanderings I think death was much more enmeshed in people's awareness of days gone by. Death did lurk around each and every corner whether via accident, war, sickness or hunting. Perhaps also, people were taught to go towards death with honour. I don't think that is taught nowadays.

Death is easy. It is living that is hard.

[Egg]

Ah, well, I hope that that rainy day never clouds over your horizon, Egg.

There is much fear of death in our culture today - kind of funny when you consider that you can't do a damn thing about it. Fearing it is a waste of time and energy. I'm going out on a limb here but from my meanderings I think death was much more enmeshed in people's awareness of days gone by. Death did lurk around each and every corner whether via accident, war, sickness or hunting. Perhaps also, people were taught to go towards death with honour. I don't think that is taught nowadays.

Death is easy. It is living that is hard.

There's a lot of truth to that. I also think that by not embracing the truth that we're gonna die one day, we may be too afraid to live to our fullest.

[MrPenny]

How to define "fullest" though?

[Egg]

How to define "fullest" though?

I think that's up to all of us individually. But I'm fairly certain we all have our fears and hang ups that have stopped us from doing some of those things we want(ed) to do.

[Pana]

I know I have tons of fears that have stopped me from living what I considered to be fully or wasted too much time getting wrapped up in the small stuff.

[Egg]

I know I have tons of fears that have stopped me from living what I considered to be fully or wasted too much time getting wrapped up in the small stuff.

Me, too. Sometimes, years later, I'm glad for it as things that seemed so important no longer do, but I still didn't do them.

[Pana]

Name one.

Mine is travelling via motor bike to the Gaspe Bay Peninsula, sit on the cliffs overlooking the ocean, meditate and get drunk on apple cider. Strongbows, preferably.

[Egg]

When I was all Kung Fuey, I wanted to go take it in China. Many of the monks have their own schools/temples there open to foreigners. It's a daily regiment. Never went.

[Pana]

Mmm...can you still go?