Barry Gibb is Knighted

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There’s the difference. To me the 85-year-old, if during those 85 years he had no or few relationships or friendships, and no or little meaningful work or other accomplishments to speak of, had far less ‘life’ than the 53 year old who had plenty of all of the above.

And to me ‘life’, whether we’re talking length of days or accomplishments, is a bit like money or power. Some people will always be wanting more no matter how much they have already. It’s almost a form of greed.
 
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LilyM said:
And to me ‘life’, whether we’re talking length of days or accomplishments, is a bit like money or power. Some people will always be wanting more no matter how much they have already. It’s almost a form of greed.
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Seriously?

So my husband wouldn’t have a right to be ticked off if I get killed today on I-5 because I didn’t get to finish off the years he expected with me? Yes, he would have a right to be angry. There are very human stages of grief. We all are allowed to experience them no matter how strong our religious convictions.

Please go tell the dying cancer patient in his or her thirties - or even fifties for that matter - that he or she is greedy for wanting more time. We all want more time. Doesn’t make us greedy - it makes us HUMAN.
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You know the saying ‘I used to complain that i had no.shoes until I met a man who had no feet’?
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Do you seriously believe I don’t realize how blessed I am to have outlived, say, Princess Diana, who never saw 45? Or my friend Chip, who was killed at seventeen in a car accident? Or my patients who have been younger than I in their late 20s and 30s who died of various cancers?

None of us can judge the “fullness” of someone else’s life based on anything - years, achievements, wealth - nothing. Someone who dies at 85 alone might have had a better life than the 35 year old with five kids, a doting spouse, and a nice house.

People are allowed to grieve and wonder why things happen. It’s part of the human condition.

And 53 is too young to die, and I’m pretty sure God understands why I feel that way. After all, He made me.
 
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Hmmm. This thread had taken some strange turns.
Back to Sir Barry Gibb. I admire him for being so close to his brothers, and I admire the Bee Gees for reinventing themselves several times, resulting in longevity. I liked their disco phase (although I hated disco in general), but I really liked their melancholy songs from those early years. There’s a documentary of their early lives on Youtube, with their mum narrating a portion of it. So touching! It appears to have been a very close family. According to the story, the family moved to Australia after the boys lit a rather large fire in Manchester and the police all but begged them to get out. Robin was the cut-up and pyromaniac in his youth. Maurice was the self-described “good boy.”
 
LilyM said:
And to me ‘life’, whether we’re talking length of days or accomplishments, is a bit like money or power. Some people will always be wanting more no matter how much they have already. It’s almost a form of greed.
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I’m 57 and have a great life, but I want to do a LOT more living. I don’t view that as being greedy at all.
 
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