Who am I to die?

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   Ericdierkerposted 11 years ago

   I had a great opportunity to die a few years back. They told me I would die. But I chose to live. Too bad for docs and statistics that never lie.
   
   I got beat up the other day. Hardcore beat up in a professional manner. My eldest child called and said "dad, what right do you have to give up?"
   
   Dang it, she was right. What right do we have to stop fighting and living? Do you have an out?
   
   Let me know so that I can quit.

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      Sherry Hewinsposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      You got professionally beat up?

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         Mark Ewbieposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Yeah. I hired someone to do it.

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      Goodpalposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      You are probably pointing to some very hurtful professional setback. So hurtful that you want to quit for ever, but at the same time a part of you want to fight back. Is this the dilemma?

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         Ericdierkerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         I was using some literary license here. Being professionally beat up is just what you say "professional setback". I like that term. And quitting forever is a great term.
         "Is this the dilemma?" is a great framing of the issue.
         (sorry have to go over now and follow you --- very cool)

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      kessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      You begin to live when you cease from your struggles .
      
      Death is realised in you through the fact of your fearfulness.
      This fearfulness is present when soever peace is absent.
      It is the absence of peace which leads men to think that they need to struggle.

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         Kathryn L Hillposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         There is no death, Eric! There is giving up on life, but life never gives up on you.

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   cheaptrickposted 11 years ago

   I want to be remembered for something when croak...sooo,When I die I want to be buried face down in a shallow grave with my big fat Butt sticking out of the ground...right next to a middle school...so the kids have a place to park their Bikes!...

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   bat115posted 11 years ago

   Ericdierker, You are from Spring Valley? Any relation to Brian Dierker?

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      Ericdierkerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Big brother of mine is named Brian. We are the Flagstaff Arizona Dierkers.

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         bat115posted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Is he an actor/stuntman?

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            Ericdierkerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Into the Wild and a few other smaller films. He is premier white-water safety and logistics expert for Hollywood and US Government. The River Wild he and partner Scotty Davis did a lot of work on.
            Grandpa Dierker was a producer in the '20s.

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               bat115posted 11 years agoin reply to this

               I ahve met him before... and I think I know Scotty as well! Small world.

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                  Ericdierkerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  That is very cool. At 6'6" with hair down to his waste he is hard to forget ;-)

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