Second portrait:
January 4 2004
"Death is a test of one’s maturity. Everyone has got to get through it on their own. I want very much to die. I want to become part of that vast extraordinary light. But dying is hard work. Death is in control of the process, I cannot influence its course. All I can do is wait. I was given my life, I had to live it, and now I am giving it back"
From, Life Before Death
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You know we just forget that life is not forever. Anytime, any moment now we could die. Sometimes I don't even understand the meaning of the word "death". Its depth. It seems like an alien concept. I could never be ready for death. I just don't know what to expect. And I always thought talking to people who were dealing with the fact that they would be no more might shed some light on death.
Life will pass by and soon I'll be 60 and grappling with my own mortality and that is, if I am lucky. I better have fun while I am here and make it worthwhile for people around me.
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