Would you want to know how much longer you have on earth?
By MAllen400
@MAllen400 (829)
August 2, 2009 6:40am CST
I always thought that I would love to know how much more life I had left so that I could do all those things that I have been meaning to do and never got around to doing and knowing that if I dont do it now I never would.
I have now changed my mind and decided that I definately do not want to know and that even without knowing I am now going to do all those things as soon as possible.
What has changed my mind you ask.
My brother has been told that he only has a couple of months left but he has not got the strenghth to do things. He can put everything in order and we can say how we feel but not do those last minute things. I may sound casual but I am a wreck over this as I am next of kin and just felt like putting this in writing. Please dont leave things till its too late especially those three words I love you. I can say them so that is something many cant.
11 responses
@bkneerajrk (773)
• India
2 Aug 09
I really don't think about how many more time I have in this life. Its left to fate. I just concentrate on achieving my goals and planning the next steps of life. If life's over without notice nothing is to be worried about. But if we keep thinking about when we are going to lose our life and do not enjoy the present moment it is not worth it. I mean, we have to achieve no matter what it is we have planned in our life time. I recall one saying which is very apt in this situation. It goes like this: "If you want to be remembered after your time, do things worth writing or write things worth reading."
@MAllen400 (829)
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3 Aug 09
Thank you to everyone who has replied not just bkneerajrk. I really do appreciate all your wishes and comments. It is amazing how a comment on here can really cheer a person up. Once more thank you to EVERYONE XX
@scott21493 (30)
• United States
3 Aug 09
I'm very sorry to hear about your brother. I can understand how painful something like that could be. I agree that it isn't good to know how much longer you have. Even if you know how long you'll have to live and will be healthy the whole time, it wouldn't be the same. Part of life is assuming you have a future and not knowing something like that. It must be terrible to hear that you or a loved one only has a certain amount of time life. The only time I had to deal with something like that was a much shorter amount of time when my grandfather had only a few days left to live. It makes you never want to know and hopefully have it just happen in your sleep one day.
@my_january (967)
• Philippines
3 Aug 09
I am sorry to hear about your brother. 
Well, about your question, I also have the same thing in mind. I never would want to know when will I die but you know there are times, and as being a human, you tend to have the curiosity when is that day.
I have a son and I wanted to secure his future. I am working hard right now, and I am praying to God that I need to live longer until I see him successful on his endeavors. I just love my son that much, and I know that he loves me too. I want to share more time with him. Aside from that, I am not forgetting that I also have my personal life and my family.
Like you, I am starting to do things today, when I am still strong, young, and still can work. We may never know. I also don't want to see my self regretting over things that I should have done, but I didn't, or wasn't able to say that 3 important words. 
Well, about your question, I also have the same thing in mind. I never would want to know when will I die but you know there are times, and as being a human, you tend to have the curiosity when is that day.
I have a son and I wanted to secure his future. I am working hard right now, and I am praying to God that I need to live longer until I see him successful on his endeavors. I just love my son that much, and I know that he loves me too. I want to share more time with him. Aside from that, I am not forgetting that I also have my personal life and my family.
Like you, I am starting to do things today, when I am still strong, young, and still can work. We may never know. I also don't want to see my self regretting over things that I should have done, but I didn't, or wasn't able to say that 3 important words. 
@roselynm1023 (950)
• Philippines
2 Aug 09
im so sorry to hear that you are bothered with this thing. i also thought of this one sometime before but i finally decided not to bother myself and live my life one day at a time. in addition to that all of us will die, it is just that no one knows when. even if your taking care of yourself much healthy meal, good sleep, exercise and all still one day our body will become weak and will die so why we need to bother. keep smiling dear. leave it up to God.
@grace118224 (1038)
• China
3 Aug 09
No i wouldn't want to know how much longer i have on earth. Every day in the future could be possible . With this belief you can cherish the people around you and you can try your best to be happy every moment. If you know exactly the day you will die sometimes you just have some kind of negative ideas which are not good to you.
@Excelsus (16)
• United States
3 Aug 09
Personally I think it'd be hard to know how much longer one has to live. When you think about it, everything we do in life changes how long it'll take for us to die out. yet, having the ability to know it would be unusually cool in a way, if you had a way to change it in some way by doing different things to change it, like doing healthy things for your body to change the outcome. that might seem a bit imaginative, but if it came to things like knowing how you'll die, it'd be a different story, maybe avoiding scenarios for prolonging life while still enjoying it to the fullest. a possibility even if still wierd. Lol.
@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
2 Aug 09
I am so sorry to hear about your brother. Personally, my beliefs and faith is similar to this.
I don’t think I would want to know how long I have before its time to go…it would spoil my remaining days. I don’t think I would be able to lead a normal life or even enjoy life, if I knew the exact day and date when I am to die.
@echomonster (2226)
• Greenwood, Mississippi
2 Aug 09
I wouldn't mind knowing about myself so I could plan my life a bit better. If I were dying in a month, for instance, I wouldn't spend my last days worrying about bills or how to earn some extra cash...I'd focus on the things I enjoy most if I had the strength to do them. However, I'd never want to know when anyone else close to me was going to go; I really feel for you, knowing your brother is likely to pass so soon. Don't lose hope because such diagnoses are sometimes wrong.
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
2 Aug 09
I'm so sorry about your brother! I lost a brother two years ago and even though we knew for a month that he wouldn't be with us long, it just didn't prepare me for losing him. I thought the sorrow would kill me. Talk to your brother as much as you can, use these last weeks with him as best you can.
I would want to know when my demise would be, I think. It would certainly help motivate me to get things done that I plan on doing.
@pangbo217 (42)
• China
2 Aug 09
Sorry about your brother, Mallen. I totally agree with your idea that we don't have to know how much longer time we have. The beauty of life is its mystery. We cann't expect what gonna happen in the next second, how many achievements we can get and who our really significant others are. These things are full of mystery and stern us to expect more about our lives and do more to acheive better. That's the meaning of life.
@tweety007121 (57)
• India
2 Aug 09
buddy m sorry to hear about your bro n can imagine your plight as well. "If one wants to do something in his life, he must do it as soon as possible, for one does not know when calamity strikes", is a saying of a well known saint and i firmly believe in it. Please try to make his last few months as enjoyable as possible so that he does not have any regrets about his life.
