Tuesdays with Morrie question

Some good Jazz music, book and whisky... That would be the best way to die. ;D

This is such a hard question. It's daunting thinking of what I would do. I'd like about a year to come to terms with it so that I would be able to try and do everything that I wanted to do in that year. It's a cliched answer- MORE TIME- but I think it's the best I can come up with.

I have been pronounced dead several times in my life due to the way I used to live and what I had to live through. Today I feel joy and gratefulness for having lived.

I would sit with my family and light my pipe, I am Native, and smoke it with them as I shared teachings of the life I lived so that the struggles they face in their life will be less and far different from mine!

Would let my son know that he was the best thing that ever happened to me and that I am very proud of him and I love him very much.

last glass of whiski with a view of the beach...

With a smile. :)

Most properly doing things together with with my friends and family eating great food, enjoying music. Beside that doing things to know that my family is taken care of once i had pass on.

I wish my family would stay healthy & always be safe...

Write off all my money to my brother & tell everyone I love them so one last time. *peace*

I am ready to go anytime. I would wish that my adopted grandson turns out to be a fine, Christ-centerd man.

My last wish would be that my family would be taken care of and happy. It wouldn't matter if I went with death, it would matter to me that my family would need to be happy and settled and their life fulfilled.

This is a heavy question for someone like me. I work I healthcare and specialize in hospice care. I have seen death more than the average fellow. I think I would wish to have Alzheimers at the age of 75. Because out of all the death I have seen that seems the most peaceful. You don't even recognize yourself much less anyone else. Every other death I have witnessed is horrifying.

My last wish would be that I be allowed to say goodbye to all the people I love.

Since love flowed our whole life denying hate ,I would like to entertain the death in the same manner,since this is inevitable,so lets me start understanding the death as a natural.Still I feel a great pangs that all forsaken lovely issues and the element like dearest and nearest all.

I think about this sometimes, because my husband recently turned 60, and in a few years I'll be there too. I think I would not want to be kept artificially alive if I were in terrible pain, could not be cured, and unable to have any good moments remaining to me. I have read that despite the heroic efforts they go to in order to keep their patients alive as long as their families want them to be, most doctors, when they learn they are dying, refuse all treatment except for the symptoms (like pain, bladder control, that sort of thing). They quit their jobs right away, and they go home to spend what time remains with their families. I think that's actually a really good plan.

If death was approaching me today...dang. I guess i'd be really sad because I'm pretty young and there's so many things I haven't done. But I'd try and accept it. I wouldn't spend the day doing super crazy things that I've always wanted to do. I wouldn't have time for all that stuff haha. And at the end I'd just be exhausted.

I'd spend the day relaxing with my family/friends. In the morning, we'd wake up when it's cold/crisp. We'd take an awesome, peaceful, and quiet walk in the morning. We'd go to some store and buy some drinks and just chillax/talk. Then I'd go swimming one last time. I find swimming super soothing.
I'd hug everyone a lot. And probably cry a lot too. Just my super loved ones. Then we'd all have an amazing delicious dinner together. We'd have an awesome night just talking, eating, laughing, and maybe later a movie. (We are huge movie fans! It's a great bonding time for us).
It's a hot summer night, and we're all relaxing, reading our books and talking occasionally to each other. Then finally I take a shower, and go to bed. I'd like to die in my sleep. That would literally be the perfect day for me. :)
My last wish would be for my family/friends to have happy lives. Cool question!

Man, what a question. I would go for one last surf and say goodbye to family and friends.

When a special friend was dying, my daughter made her a thick coffee table book and asked each of her friends and family members to write a page about what they did together in their lives and what she meant to them. They added lots of pics. thought that was such a beautiful idea. She really appreciated it. I'd love them to do that for me too. It's great to know how you touched people's lives while you are still alive and not let others discuss it after your funeral. Next I would probably go into panic and go through all the normal stages. I'd then stop the panic to ensure that everything possible is sorted out. Then I would probably go into panic again :) In the end we all learn to accept death. What choice do we have?

I would talk to my family and ask them for forgiveness for all my wrong doings and tell them I love them.
I would talk to love of my life and tell her that she is the most loveliest, tenderest, compassionate girl I ever met and I know even this is an understatement.

In my end moments I would strum my guitar playing some kurt cobain songs...

i would again introduce Jesus to my family, and hoping them to continue pursue my dream of making a difference to the world perhaps a small part of it , on my behalf.

I am ready to now--life is not what is cracked up to be. The world hates me and so does my family.

If death is a women, i might invite her for a date ..

i just wanna be sure that my mom will be fine, happy, healthy ! and figure out a way for her to dealing with my death.

I would welcome death at anytime it comes to me. My last wish would be to die peacefully with dignity.

I want to say sorry someone

I would take some sleeping pills and beat em to it.

I would say its too early, I want to enjoy the beauty of world, Please come later.

I can't really complain. I have my career and balance it with my family life. I was never all about my career or having the most toys. When my boss was concerned why I hadn't accepted promotions requiring extensive travel, he asked me if I was concerned about missing my children's birthdays or graduations my response was "No... I'm just afraid of missing dinner."

A last wish...
to die peacefully.

I still think death is scary, so I would definitely be scared to know that it's approaching me today...
I don't think that at the moment when my life is ending I'd have a last wish.. hmmm I too am surprised at that!

I would say OK, and my last wish, I wish to people to be happy, cuase that is one of the hardest things in life and maybe that they have coke on my funeral, coke always makes people feel good.

Well, I'm still young. The idea of leaving this life scares me. If my life was coming to an end, I would like the option of having months to come to terms with it - like a terminally ill patient does, or an elder. Otherwise, it'll have to be sudden. All I'd really want to see everyone I care about one last time and to hopefully have a farewell talk with them all to not take my death too hard.

I would ask for a little bit longer, not much just a few years so my son would at least be an adult and on his way in the world then I would be cool with it.

I have almost died twice I am not affraid to face death, my only wish would be that my children would always remember me. I have two boys one is ten the other is five.

maybe to have the chance to say goodbye. and hope to be forgiven for any hurts I have caused. hope for family to go on and have a happy life.

My last wish would be to be with my loved ones as i approached my death...

Time to talk and reflect. One of the characters in "Room Four" by AJ Knauss spends the book (more irreverent than Tuesdays with Morrie but still touching) reflecting on his mortality with the irony that he's a ghost due to a paperwork glitch. I would want a little more time too.

I would want to feel some peace of mind, some good company, good food, good books, and lots of music.

its books like this that help with the meaning of finding peace and serenity and when the time comes to contemplate the good times,with open arms.

I'd be ok with it. Don't get me wrong I wouldn't be over the moon but my life is pretty good, I've done a lot of stuff and I could make peace with it (much prefer not to)

My last wish would be that my friends and family celebrated my life rather than mourning my death.

I would wish I had a way to help my children deal with the loss. I would definitely ask them to read "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo. That book helped me cope with my dad's and my mom's passing.

I would like to be with myself for a little while..
Will think about the beautiful people I have met and the beautiful memories I have shared with them.. Meeting all of them won't be possible, of course! :P

I would like to leave the world silently and peacefully. I would like to sleep in my mother's lap and talk to her about anything that can make her happy.. I would like to take my father for a drive and make him talk to me!! :) (The thing he does rarely!!!)

I would like to gift my brother a sports car that can be operated with remote!! :D :P And tell him that life flows quickly like water in the stream.. Don't miss even a single drop of that water!! Bathe in that and enjoy it fully!! :)

I would like to have a pillow fight with my sister, the way I used to have when I was a kid!! I would like to give her a tight hug!! :) And tell her that fighting with her was something that nothing ever can replace!! :P May she become the world's best mother!! :)


I would like to cook for my family and see them happy!! :)

I would like to meet my friends at my favorite places!! And laugh with them to finish the stock of my entire life!! :)

I would like to read a book and finish it!! :P I also intend to write a short story about my Grand Ma!! :))

i guess my last wish would be to know that my life mattered..that the things i did for people will remain etched in their hearts forever. what other way to celebrate life than to make it matter right?

There is nothing to fear but fear itself . When dying of natural causes and at the right age , one should not be afraid of death. Except it and think of life as a book and if you die later in life , it's like closing a well read book after the last chapter. Tuesday's with Morrie changed the way I look at death, My last wish - I would want to make amends with those that did me dirty and forgive them and most importantly forgive me for not forgiving them until I was on my death bed. I would tell those that were solid in my life That I love them and I will see them again real soon, How they take that last sentence , well that is up to them :) IAINTNOGHOST>COM

I think at first I'd be incredibly sad and scared. More than anything though I'd worry about my children. They're 15 & 13 now and it took a lot to raise them. I'd be sad not to be able to see what type of people they continue to grow into or to experience some major life transitions with them. Although I'd expect my husband to remarry at some point, I'd worry that the woman he did marry wouldn't be able to love them as I did and that they'd suffer as a result. So although I'd love to spend each moment having meaningful conversations and moments with those I love, I think I'd spend a whole lot of time worrying.

My first thought at this time is that I would spend 24 hours getting rid of the material clutter in my life and gifting to others the meaningful things that remain.

I think that I would keep the news secretly, to myself, for as long as possible, so as not to sadden friends and loved ones. When the time came to tell them, I would NOT WANT sympathy...When taking my last breath, I would wish for my immediate family to surround me....promising me that they will, after a decent grieving period, have a huge celebration with great food, fine wine, and dancing. I would request that they be given ashes if they would like, otherwise, I would like for my ashes to be scattered somewhere in the mountains...Like Peter, I Never want to come down from the Mountain! (No water please)

1. I would take my unread novels with me!
2. Hug and kiss my family
3. Eat my favorite meal

i want to go to highest place in the world. to feel the infinty power of God, to think what i've done, and to thank God for all the things he gave to me.

I believe in afterlife, so i think death is the only way to meet Him . So why worry?

I would want to indulge at least one of my senses one last time. It would depend on my mood when Death approached me. If it was night, I might want to wait to see the sunrise. If I was hungry, I might wish to eat a favorite dish once more. If I was cold, I might wish to sit in front of a fire for a few minutes. Although it would also be pretty cool to just fly around the world once (or twice).