I live one day at a time. Shit happens.

"Once we stop stopping our lives can we begin to start starting our lives!!!"

Oooh! A charcuterie board! Pardon me...

We should assess EVERY DAY.

Every year there is a pandemic. A minimum of 30,000 die in the US EACH year from flu.

80,000+ died last year in the US alone because of a new virus, and NO QUARANTINE BULLSHIT!

$10 trillion will be spent this year trying to save the lives of a few hundred thousand worldwide all based upon very trivial data.

25,000 die every day in China. Many of them did with the same symptoms as the virus. Distorted data.

Right on !

I won't be able to respond to this just due to time, but I do really like the positivity in the message. In stressful circumstances it's always best to look for something life-affirming even the smallest things. Having a positive mindset goes a long and if that's not fully possible just looking for glimmers of hope and human kindness.

Whew! Lots of responses! I have no need/desire to respond to each one, but wanted to clarify a few common threads that I saw.

1st - Thank you for taking the time to respond. That this sparked enough interest in you to read and respond (and either tear apart line by line, or provide support for) means that you're interested in dialog and civil discourse. I'm purposefully being gracious with believing you're interested in civil discourse.

2nd - Empathy, Compassion and Love for others (and self) is not the exclusive domain of the religious. I don't believe in an intelligence in the sky handing down morals and ethics, but believe that we as human beings can discern and decide our own morals/ethics. Compassion is one of my values, and it comes from understanding the human condition, not faith/religion.

3rd - This is my mindful perspective that I choose to share with my community, and how I choose to recycle my reaction into something more positive. How I choose to focus on living instead of running from death. If others find value in that, I'm thankful, and if not, then that's ok too. Everyone has different perspectives and experiences, and I welcome those if they are presented in a civil way.

I DO wish you well, as here we are all opposed to the harm that religions have done over the centuries in the name of god(s), and are committed to doing better today and tomorrow.

May you be healthy, may you be happy, may you find ease.

Seems like a useful daily exercise.....too bad "gentleness" is too often perceived as "weakness".....use of the mind as a tool for healing and well being, is a terrible thing to waste.

This is why you're the Master. bow

I have a harder time contemplating my loved ones, and friends, not being here, than I do my self not being here. I'm quite healthy now, though I am in the age demographic for vulnerability, but, after the initial, quick, fear of dying, I will settle down and accept it, calmly, I think.
I see my life in terms of "What a long, strange trip it's been," and have learned from the dumb shit I've done, the people I've hurt, mostly in the dark past of my youth. "The unexamined life is not worth living," is an important perspective, for me.
Please do not get the idea that I am seeing myself a s a fucking saint. I'm just contemplating.
Yesterday I was part of giving a friend the best birthday gift, just a simple photo, she may ever have received. She was sooo happy. Me too.

The fear does not last once your dead!

Be happy!!!

No one gets out of here alive!!!

When your gone your gone, your pets and loves ones might survive, there is nothing you can do for them when your dead!!!

Tragic but all so true!!!

Hope my kid enjoys my insurance benefits.