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Not Enough an Excuse.

  ...death is  not an excuse   Death as we know is inevitable. If Jesus tarries we all will surely die one day. When conversations about death come up or you lose a loved one what is your response and reaction. I was in hearing range of a conversation between friends and one spoke about certain decisions she made because a friend died. I was so shocked, in fact still am but not deeply surprised. People have different coping mechanisms when it comes to dealing with pain and sorrow. Some self-destruct, others shut everyone out and prefer to be secluded. And my latest discovery, some people also create bucket lists. That is not even an issue, the contents and proposed resolutions made sometimes is what is alarming. Like the conversation I overheard, a young person decided to ‘enjoy’ all the things the friend didn’t before dying since the friend died young and same could happen again, he or she wants to die having experienced life. But why didn’t this youth deci...