To all my DIS friends who have lost loved ones..

[RNMOM]

I received a catalog today from Marshall Fields and found this in a framed print and thought it was so beautiful and spoke to me. I hope it helps you also.

An Eskimo legend:

"Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy."

[binny]

:(
Thank you that was very nice

[bfeller]

What a beautiful thought.

[newmousecateer]

Beautiful RNMOM. They are words of comfort. :D

[Disney Doll]

When my DFIL died last year, we received a card with that quotation on it and a beautiful picture.I wanted to frame it, that's how pretty it was, but I was afraid people would think I was a morbid nut.

[EROS]

If only it were so...............:(

Humans, including our dear Eskimo friends, will go to ANY extreme to DENY their mortality:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ........

[glo]

What a beautiful thought!! :)
Thanks for posting it

[Steve H.]

That's a beautiful saying :)

[Dan Murphy]

What a beautiful verse, mom, and so thoughtful of you. Thanks for your caring.

[helenabear]

That is such a beautiful thought :)

[d.kurz]

Originally posted by EROS
If only it were so...............:(

Humans, including our dear Eskimo friends, will go to ANY extreme to DENY their mortality:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ........

Geez, EROS, you seem so positive about this. You have proof that there is no kind of "afterlife?" And "life" could mean something totally different than anything we can even imagine, don't you think? I don't know if there is or is not an afterlife....no one truly knows.:confused:

[EROS]

d.kurz, for THOUSANDS of years before Jesus Christ walked the earth, a host of cultures came up with "religions" and "GODS" to explain the unexplainable:) . It's simply part of the human condition to NOT accept that death marks an END of existence. That's OK................it IS frightening for many people to confront mortality. It's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much easier to think that our "spirit" or "being" moves into another dimension:cool: :cool: :cool: ..............

[d.kurz]

I think BOTH scenarios are possible, EROS. So maybe I'll see you on the other side...or maybe not!!!:D :D :D :D

[EROS]

Originally posted by d.kurz
I think BOTH scenarios are possible, EROS. So maybe I'll see you on the other side...or maybe not!!!:D :D :D :D

You're a sweetheart, but my "friends" on the DIS tell me that it doesn't look soooooooooooooooo good for EROS in the afterlife. I think that you'll be going UP, but I'll be going DOWN :smooth: :smooth: :smooth: .

"Them's the breaks":) :) :)

[mamajoan]

RNMOM, That is a lovely verse. It is a pleasant way to look at things.. I like it that way..


and EROS, remember there will be a line at heaven after I die,
so please have patience while you are waiting at the gates....

I think it makes life just a little bit easier to live when you have faith that there may be something else to do once you finish this life.

[LemonDietCoke]

That is lovely. Whether it is likely is irrelevant-- the thought alone adds comfort.

Thank you.

[RNMOM]

Hey Eros, buddy. I have to agree with you about the heaven and hell thing but.... I think we gotta go somewhere. I can't imagine all this energy that is a human just vanishes so....

I think there will be a big bunch of your DIS buddies tapping you on the shoulder and saying:

"WE TOLD YA SO!!!!" ;)

[d.kurz]

Originally posted by RNMOM
Hey Eros, buddy. I have to agree with you about the heaven and hell thing but.... I think we gotta go somewhere. I can't imagine all this energy that is a human just vanishes so....

I think there will be a big bunch of your DIS buddies tapping you on the shoulder and saying:

"WE TOLD YA SO!!!!" ;)


LOL!!!
:D :D :D

[Deb in IA]

You will like this story, EROS.

Our brother-in-law, also an avowed atheist, was recently pinned underneath his tractor in a terrible roll-over accident on his farm. Now, I don't know how much you know about tractor roll-overs (being a city boy, you know ;) ), but the general rule is that you don't survive them. Period.

By some miracle, brother-in-law did survive. The stick shift smashed through his face but missed all vital structures in his brain and neck. His arm was severely twisted, and he sustained some significant brachial plexus damage, possibly permanent (still has little/no use of this right upper extremity, with no recuitment on EMG).

As the ambulance was taking him away, he was barely conscious but becoming encephalopathic. He began perseverating about a fire "where's the fire. . .do you see the fire . . .it's so hot . . ."

Since most near-death experiences describe a light or a tunnel, we figured that since he was an atheist, he was going to the "fire" . . .:eek:

[EROS]

DEB, I don't know where "he was going", but I'm thankful along with the rest of you that he survived. Perhaps GOD wasn't vacationing in CANCUN that day and somehow intervened;) .

[Planogirl]

Oh my Deb, that is intriguing! :eek:

Eros, I'm not sure exactly what happens when we die but I do have my own beliefs and I don't think that we simply turn into dust. I also believe that expecting an afterlife is very comforting for many people and your theories threaten that comfort in a way. Life is very complex and often difficult so I think that any comfort we can find is a good thing.

Just some thoughts. Lovely quotation by the way. :D

[EROS]

RNMOM, if you're RIGHT, and some of my DIS "buddies" end up following me to HELL , then I hope that they aren't among the members who have me on their IGNORE LIST:cool: :cool: :cool: . Gee, I'd hate to be IGNORED............for ETERNITY:p :p :p :p :p .......

[mamajoan]

Deb, I am sorry to here of your BIL accident. Amazing story about his travels... wow. I grew up on a farm, saw many farmers as patients in PT, always at least one auger accident a year..( in fact my dad almost lost both hands in a combine accident) Farmers are pretty tough fella's, I am sure your BIL is too. I hope his recovery is swift and complete as possible.
BTW:
Does anybody think that Eros could EVER be ignored?? ;)

[RNMOM]

NO! Eros could not be ignored Mamajoan.

Eros is the spice in our lives. :rolleyes: ;)

[Doctor P]

A beautiful sentiment, RNMOM. Thanks.

[iluvdisney]

RNMOM - that holds true for me - I find myself talking to the stars when they are out - helps me feel better sometimes.

[zurgswife]

Beautiful sentiment....

[d.kurz]

Originally posted by RNMOM
NO! Eros could not be ignored Mamajoan.

Eros is the spice in our lives. :rolleyes: ;)

In fact, for me it's gotten to the point where I'll read something in a thread and think....uh-oh...EROS is gonna have something to say about THAT! :teeth: :teeth: :teeth:

[Disney Doll]

Sure he can, mamajoan and RNmom!!!;)

[RNMOM]

You know folks, I bet Eros is just a big puppy dog of a guy that wouldn't hurt a fly. He just likes to make us think he is a difficult fellow. :p :p ;)

[cotye]

Very nice.

In the future though, use the term INUIT . Eskimo is not an appropriate term.

[nativetxn]

Originally posted by RNMOM
I received a catalog today from Marshall Fields and found this in a framed print and thought it was so beautiful and spoke to me. I hope it helps you also.

An Eskimo legend:

"Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy."

Thanks for this legend RNMOM. It's a happy thought and surely will comfort someone who has lost someone they love.

Katholyn

[mamajoan]

Cotye, I did not know that "Eskimo' was not PC.. Can you tell me how to pronounce INUIT? What is it's origin. Thanks for the info. Joan

[cotye]

Joan, no worries. It's pronounced. IN-YOU-IT. :) HTH!!

I just know I've been corrected myself a few times by my own friends. :)

[RNMOM]

Coyote,

I wrote it word for word from the catalog and am not responsible for the use of the word eskimo.