Coming Out: Wake-Up Call, Part 1
Death, that vicious constraint that awaits us all, transforms life into a very serious business…
but not for the reason that terrorized me as a child…
namely, the fear of what might happen to me after I die.
To be clear, I have no fear of being dead. (although I do dread the potentially horrific process of dying.
And I have no fear of being dead for at least two reasons…
First, if indeed this life is all that there is, I have no more reason to fear my infinite non-existence in “the afterlife” than I had to fear my infinite non-existence in “the beforelife”.
And second, if there really is some kind of existence for me beyond this world, so be it, but I have no heartbeats to waste searching for, quibbling about, or wagering on the unknown and unknowable.
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Frank J Peter View All →
A uniquely burdened and blessed citizen of the world thinking and acting out loud!