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Although many might call me a deep thinking sometimes I drip into a zombie existence.  This existence usually occurs an hour or so before I’m ready to build castles in the air and I’m ready for some light (feathery) type entertainment.  A not so good movie which requires less brain power then those of the walking dead is usually the way I’ll drag myself into.  These occurrences can  also happen during the day when all of sudden that music I wouldn’t be caught dead listening is the sound that revives my brain waves.  Zombie existence is something that I need to flesh out of my system so sometimes the best answer is a good bite into it instead.

Usually I write a blog post that has a clear answer from my own mind now I want those answers coming directly from you instead.  For these questions (below) appear not to have answers that are technically right and wrong but at the same time are truly life changing, I’ll provide what I think is an answer as well but it’s just a guide post to a street that you might go down a different path yet have the same ending. All I know is they must be asked because we might not have a chance to ponder them if they happen to us.

(1)  If a person is on a ventilator to exist is it okay for them to be taken off to try and live or die on their own rather then keep them going through such a machine?  As a person who is deeply “Pro-Life” I  believe it is fine as long as the attempt is made to help them try and live independently even if it results in their death.

(2) How much does a person’s quality of life go into discussions on whether they should exist here or G-D willing move toward a heavenly gate instead?   I don’t believe a person should be put out of their misery like an animal yet I don’t believe artificial means without a mind is existing as well. I believe that trying experiments which even 99 % odds are against is a way to try to bring them back or bring them home instead.

(3) Would you be willing to exhaust your entire life savings to keep a person alive even as they are barely a shell of that human they used to be?  Money shouldn’t be object that determines whether someone lives or dies but keeping just a heartbeat is not truly existing as well. I therefore believe  that the experimental treatment in question 2 applies here as well. 

I’ve sat by others who have emptied their wallets to be there while I pulled some change instead.  Last night for example I spent $9 to go to a show that the person one seat ahead of me spent over $200 to be there and it’s happened repeatedly over time.   We both stood up to give a standing ovation at the end but mine was a bit heavier since there was plenty of cash left in my pocket.  This has occurred with bands such as Zebra, Puddle of Mudd and many theater performances as well.  Is it wrong that I live the good life at such a low cost especially since I’m not revealing this secret to you how I got there?For the tickets are insane but only if a few know.

A relationship has gone sour that had so much promise. While your dreams appear to be crashing down on you.  Life’s pain has got you thinking maybe it should just stop ….for good.  Yet you never realize the great impact you have on others until you are not their to witness it.

While watching a loved one in intensive care I realized how important we all are to each other in ways I’ve never seen before. It’s not the big career moves, fancy stuff or words that are said but the little impact we have everyday that makes the true difference. A simple smile a little hug or just a word of honest love not even spelled out that can have an impact that beats another’s heart well into their years to come. Therefore kill those thoughts  not yourself and LIVE for you are needed in a world that you never have looked out before.

It is not G-D’s will for us to be  “extra lenient” to the criminal. The good book tells many a story where G-D commands a much more strict justice then we currently have on any other book.  Leniency is understandable based on age and circumstances yet when we go over the edge not to prosecute and punish not only due we hurt the victims of said crime but society as a wholes. We actually inadvertently  give incentives for others to walk on the wrong side of the tracks. When we  prosecute one group  then another it only creates resentment and corrupts society as a whole. G-D commands justice be just and that means punishment must be consistent and true to all who stand on the people’s court.

Just the day before we can’t figure out whether to inhale or drink but on our 21 st birthday all of sudden we are a genius. The pressure’s of society and our own intelligence has leaped us forward to insure that we don’t over indulgence in the new found habits (drinking, smoking, gambling etc) that society has determined were unattainable the day before.  How 21 become the age of maturity is besides me but it is fixated no matter what class, race, gender or mental state one is actual in.  It’s probably simpler for society just to make this arbitrary number rather then have individuals receiving basic knowledge and an earned license for these “grown up” activities to those who might not have the capacity to understand what they’re getting into at 23 let alone 21.

We should respect the wisdom of those older then us but also understand that years can bring cynicism and in the box thinking.  Many have gone through the same pattern over time and are fixated with the same results so why even attempt a new formula. Yet those who can combine that wisdom without the constraints that time put others in are truly the best of both worlds.  “Young Old” age is mostly in the mind,attitude and soul.