{"id":1318,"date":"2015-04-11T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.townehouse.net\/phoenix\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2015-04-11T12:00:55","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T16:00:55","slug":"dont-r-i-p-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townehouse.net\/?p=1318","title":{"rendered":"Don’t R.I.P. Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cartoon-ghost\"<\/a>Before I begin I will issue a spoiler alert. This article will consist of thoughts, ideas, conjectures, and surmises of my pending death. Now, before you begin either mourning or celebrating I feel compelled to tell you I have no news about my demise nor do I know when it will occur. I only know it will occur. In preparation for that time, whether it be moments or years away, I submit the following for your consideration. I don’t mind writing on this topic as I have no fear of death. I truly believe in an afterlife, and I somewhat believe in reincarnation. Since none of us know the real truth of the matter we all must make up our own minds and proceed as if our impressions of what happens next is what happens next. I can only say, if you believe there is no after life, and there is, you might regret not having prepared. However, \u00a0if you prepare as if there is an afterlife and there is not, you are none the worse for it, and you will not know to regret it. I prefer the \u201cbetter safe than sorry\u201d approach.<\/p>\n

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The reason I am telling this to you is because I wish to lay some ground rules for how I feel about what happens on this side once I am floating around on the other side. By way of preparation, I will tell you that as I grow older I find increasingly more notices of people I have known, or known of, listed as not living (dead). Typically one or two things happen at the instance of notification. If it turns out the person has survived a long and happy life and is older than I am now, I find it as reason to hope that I to will live a long and happy life. On the other hand, if the deceased person is younger than me, even if only by a few months or years, I am quickly reminded of my mortality and realized that I could be next on the Grim Reaper’s list. (Hang on while I take my blood pressure and check my pulse<\/em>) Okay, I am back and based on the numbers, I should be able to get through this article and post it for all to see. But, back to the original point of this article. Here are my instructions for anyone who cares to follow them. I realize that final instructions are supposed to be part of my last will and testament but my attorney did not ask the right questions so this blog article is designed to correct the oversight. So here goes.<\/p>\n