Tag: Mortality

• Trapped in the portal called life

  I had a creative writing teacher in college. He was one of these intense, bearded, Birkenstock types who, doubtlessly parroting someone else, said there are only two seismic mysteries in life: sex and death. At the time, as I was only 18, I was far more focused on the sex part than the death part.…

  Mark

  June 1, 2007

  Philosophy

  Dying, Mortality

• Schiavo: It’s not the Right to Life, it’s the Right to Die

  The Right to Lifers in the Schiavo case have it all wrong. It’s not about the right to life. It’s about the right to die. As much as I love my wife, daughter, parents, siblings and friends they have no say in whether I live or die. They have no say because they are not…

  Mark

  March 27, 2005

  Philosophy

  Death, Dying, Mortality, Terri Schiavo

• Getting comfortable with mortality

  I suspect it’s a sure sign you are in midlife when you often ponder that there is less life ahead of you than there is behind you. I ponder the finiteness of life a lot these days, but in truth I’ve been pondering it all of my adulthood. I was hardly out of the house…

  Mark

  January 13, 2003

  Philosophy

  Mortality

• Intimations of Immortality

  A few entries back I mentioned my pal Lisa’s recent experience with a psychic. I’m still waiting for the full report, which I am sure I will get in time. While ruminating on the subject though I’d thought I’d throw out a few of my own observations in the course of life that have made…

  Mark

  December 19, 2002

  Metaphysics

  Mortality, Paranormal