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On Assisted Dying

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You’re 102 years old. You still want and can work. You have no disease, your mind is sharp and brings joy to those around. However, the industrialized healthcare system and society has other plans. You’re costly to keep under permanent supervision, as if you even want to be constantly watched. So, whether you like it or not, you must accept round-the-clock care or move to a nursing home. This happened to David Goodall. Thanks to Swiss laws, however, he could die on his own accord:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43957874^

Euthanasia^ is a heavily debated topic. Many people have sought the right to end their life. Check what Terry Pratchett (suffering from Alzheimer’s^) had to say^ about it. Pro-life associations rushed to condemn BBC^ for broadcasting Pratchett’s statement, accusing BBC of imbalanced reporting.

These are the same people that have no problem with all the other violent and trivial garbage being broadcasted most of the time. These are the people who like to censor other opinions simply because they’re not theirs. These are the people who think they have the right to decide what others should do with their lives.

I guess my opinion on assisted suicide is pretty clear by now. People should mind their own business. If somebody wants to help a friend or family member die, then they should, by law, be allowed to do so, provided that they have ratified the decision in a forum consisting of at least two witnesses, in front of a local official.

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Why Am I Here?

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“Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is the only thing in this world that does not hurt.”

– Meša Selimovic

There are many big questions in life. For me, this is one of the most important ones. I don’t need anybody or anything to give me an answer for it. Paradoxically, I think one of the reasons we’re here is to come up with these answers ourselves. We find our own reasons to be here. We’re the architects of our own lives.

So why am I here? My answer is quite simple and is also a sort of “new year’s resolution”:

I’m here to love.

I build my life for the sole purpose of expressing Love NOW; not tomorrow, not next month, but NOW. My mind is the antenna that picks up the Love that surrounds me, and my soul is the sun that shines it through my body. I do not keep this Love hostage in myself. I beam it across the Universe and bestow it on family, teachers, friends, those who like me AND those who don’t. I love Man, Animal, Plant, Stone and Star, for Love is the almighty, transcending force that brings meaning to our existence. And because the NOW has become an eternal monument to Love, I AM HAPPY, for my life now truly lives.

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