Food for Thought and Thanks

[Sailor Steve]

Wow. I don't even know what to say.

[Jimbuna]

A thought provoking story.

Live each day as it comes, life is too short and you will never know what lies in wait tomorrow.

A close friend of mine has faced death just under a dozen times and she's only 20...

The world is hell.

[Reece]

Certainly an eye opener, very tragic, your friend can be very thankful that he didn't go door knocking there, or been 5 minutes earlier/later, could have easily been another victim! We can all be very thankful!

[Skybird]

Every next day is an uncertain day. Live now, neither stick to the present nor waste it senselessly. Don't stick to life, nor do adore death.

And Aramike - just move beyond that story. It's over, and your part in the story is over as well. Life's what it is, good and bad things happen, and nothing lasts forever. We do not suffer because life is so changing and diverse and uncertain, but because we try to make the good things stay forever, and attach ourselves to them. but that way we do not live with life but somewhat against it, you see.

Try to not misunderstand me. I know how you feel, by own experience, really.

[JU_88]

What can I say, I hope they catch the f**kers and I hope they get the chair in your State.

[magic452]

A very similar thing happened to me last year.

There is a small PC store in the local shopping center.
It isn't usually open on Sunday but as I went by I saw that it was.
I went in and talked with a tech that I know well, had helped me on many occasions. he told me to bring my machine in on Monday and he would have a look.

Monday I went to the shop and found out that about 15 minutes after I left, the store was robbed and the tech was shot and wounded. Fortunately the gunman was a terrible shot, out of 3 shots at very close range he only hit my friend in the leg. He recovered almost completely, has a small limp.

The store owner did everything could to help my friend and that is why I only shop there.

It just shows that bad things can and do happen to almost anybody.
You try to put it out of your mind but it can be difficult.

Magic

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by magic452

A very similar thing happened to me last year.

There is a small PC store in the local shopping center.
It isn't usually open on Sunday but as I went by I saw that it was.
I went in and talked with a tech that I know well, had helped me on many occasions. he told me to bring my machine in on Monday and he would have a look.

Monday I went to the shop and found out that about 15 minutes after I left, the store was robbed and the tech was shot and wounded. Fortunately the gunman was a terrible shot, out of 3 shots at very close range he only hit my friend in the leg. He recovered almost completely, has a small limp.

The store owner did everything could to help my friend and that is why I only shop there.

It just shows that bad things can and do happen to almost anybody.
You try to put it out of your mind but it can be difficult.

Magic

Very true. I'm glad to hear that your friend was okay.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by JU_88

What can I say, I hope they catch the f**kers and I hope they get the chair in your State.

For sure ... I think they caught them but no capital punishment here!

Hell, I'd even take hard labor. But instead, 3 squares a day, no bills to pay.

[Letum]

Like Winston in room 101, I betray all the suffering millions in the world
by being thankful that the things I fear most are happening to them and
not me or those I love. However, it's a thankfulness laden heavily with a
survivor's guilt: why them and not me?

As Aramike says: murder is not a terribly uncommon crime in any
large city. In any large country it is normal and in the entire world it
is mundane, as is torture, starvation, rape, war, madness and the
innumerable other horrors that happen every second of every day.
It makes it easy to lose sight of what it means when typing from a
warm, safe house with a full belly.
If it doesn't make you feel ill; you're either a monster or enjoying the
bliss of ignorance. If you're not thankful that it's happening to
someone else you don't know, rather than your self; you're a saint.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Every next day is an uncertain day. Live now, neither stick to the present nor waste it senselessly. Don't stick to life, nor do adore death.

And Aramike - just move beyond that story. It's over, and your part in the story is over as well. Life's what it is, good and bad things happen, and nothing lasts forever. We do not suffer because life is so changing and diverse and uncertain, but because we try to make the good things stay forever, and attach ourselves to them. but that way we do not live with life but somewhat against it, you see.

Try to not misunderstand me. I know how you feel, by own experience, really.

I'm not really stuck on it in the way you may think. My point is more that, in a very odd sense, we've all seem to become desensitized to much of the violence in this world. For some odd reason or another, this one hit me ... and I think that's a good thing. Makes me more thankful for the moments I have.