Death should be seen as part of the life cycle and it should be made as easy as possible. A nice meal with friends, a few pills, then you go to sleep forever, with dignity.

John, living in Australia is better at the moment with good rains lessening the effects of the drought. It is humid though and frequent storms are causing damage in some places in New South Wales.

I am so happy and very PROUD for this AWARD. Since the ‘thing’ is NON physical I want to share it with you, Grace, and all other, in their own right, marvellous people here.

- you are the light at the end of the tunnel.

Your words are profound, John. I will try to write more complete thoughts to aid in your reading and comprehension.

A long life when in strong health is a blessing. However, once a person is sick, it is tricky. If the doctors can help the person with a plan to be able to function, then life should be extended. If the person is just sick and not getting better at all, then it is a personal decision. What a sad topic of conversation, yet so relevant for all humans. It was a miracle to find that man after 28 days. There – is an example of a bad situation where dying probably crossed his mind in those long days, yet, he had a life force that kept him here. Fortunately, he was found and now he can live out his life. Whew, close one! Buddha said, Life is Suffering.” There are many times that those words come ringing in my ears. So I pray, that I may learn my lesson. That said, I don’t want you to suffer unneccesarily, John!

Ok, here it comes, John, you get an award for Courage, too! You are very brave to learn English and to bless us all with your thoughts and insights. Thank you for persevering. : )

Stay warm and cozy, especially all of you in the cold climes.

Peace and love, too.

As a Dane, struggling to put reasonable sentences together in a foreign language so when ever I see an opportunity to – I borrow – this time from Grace. She wrote so beautiful

Kate, I am with you. The place in Tennessee sounds lovely. I think you are a really right on woman. My son got an award for Courage [congratulate to you and your son Grace!], so maybe it is on my mind, but you are courageous too. “Happiness comes from the inside out”. Especially so in cold snowy, politically wrong environs. Stay strong and let us know about the good things you learn.

The subject of how to end ‘life’, to ‘say goodbye’ from here without too much pain isn’t unineresting, to say the least to the huge WWII generation who has more or less dominated the (western) world since the sixties . I hope and pray be freed from too much suffer.
APROPOS SUFFER!!
I came to thing of the lastest incident of a young man rescued from the rubbles in Haiti. Wasn’t it 28 days ? he had been ‘buried’ ?.. For God sake don’t do this to me. GOD! PLEASE..

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Grace thanks you

I wish you and your family, luck on your way to healthiness

There’s details in your late post I don’t quite understand – but I hope I’ll be able to piece the whole ‘story’ of yours together one day. you have a great mind.

David
be happy
I wish I were (living) in Australia, I am so tired of frost ( 18 degree is measured lately), with frozen (no) water and snow all over, here in Denmark.

pease and love to all

I have learned much during my treatment time. I know what I will accept and what I won’t! When it’s time, I will die with dignity and no one will stop me.

It is my right!

It takes alot to have been through all you have and to be where you are today.

Cheers!

David, what an experience you are getting from this. My god, bless ‘em all.
Gee, hang in. I am glad you are able to get out and switch up the routine, being able to go home and all sometimes. I need to rest more, as you must too. There is so much to do in a day.

Kate, I am with you. The place in Tennessee sounds lovely. I think you are a really right on woman. My son got an award for Courage, so maybe it is on my mind, but you are courageous too. Happiness comes from the inside out. Especially so in cold snowy, politically wrong environs. Stay strong and let us know about the good things you learn.

During my course of my treatment I’ve seen many sad cases where the intervention just goes on and on until there is only a shell of a human left. We treat our animals better than we do some humans!

Cheers.

I do NOT disagree, at all.

I wrote “(the) sixties”, not sixty(60) , meaning the whole decade. In the case of own my father he lived his seventies (the decade of) also coping by himself, in his own home, without being send to hospitals etc.

But do not hang me op on fixed digits, please. I have no desire to deprive healthy persons their lifes before times up.
I just want to give support to those who acknowledge that death for many suffering from the one or the other, can be preferable for life. but of course you don’t even be an elderly for this condition to come into effect.

Talking about mercy killings / euthanasia, I give credit to those who dare , and have the courage and the remedies to, to do the very tressparsing job.

Especially I think of an incident with the doctor, Harold Shipman, a convicted serial killer.
read more:
http://www.google.dk/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHarold_Shipman&rct=j&q=Harold+shipman&ei=plVzS81F0MDiBp6OrMkJ&usg=AFQjCNGcSHeWw9ksH0odBMyFTMmKm5-wBg&sig2=qnovd0ae077fqkVffiW9aQ
I personally doubt that this story uncover the whole truth of this unhappy story.

There was a similar story in Denmark, in 1997, where a nurse who was hanged out in the media as having murdered 22 elderly in a old peoples home.

She has later become totally acquited of any charges.

read more (in Danish)
Dorte Gramkow convicted 22 murder Dorte Gramkow was found guildy of murder on 22 people, no doubt about it. And even it’s now proved she has’nt done anything wrong, she will in the conscioness of the many for ever be the criminal… …
http://www.google.dk/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=8&ved=0CCEQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kristeligt-dagblad.dk%2Fartikel%2F240414%3ALeder–Plejebo&rct=j&q=Dorte+Gramkow+for+22+drab&ei=X0RzS4ehA4bZ-Qb2x6zUCQ&usg=AFQjCNHisG_zFqJOCsy3p02XRj_gDIe0fA&sig2=DL-KMt59Uilt_ozeXazAYw