pain

if you know you are going to die is pain any worse or any easier to handle? i know this is a dark thought, it just came to me all at once, think about the uncertainty that lays ahead when you are faced with certain death. would you relish the pain and enjoy those last few moments of breath. or are you ready to just give up and throw in the towel in which case the body shuts down anyway and you don't feel anything but a subtle numbness as your life ends. i think the 24 hour news cycle brings the pain of people in other parts of the world close, too close. life sucks in other parts of the and it sucks for people right here but is it necessary to learn about it in graphic detail? i prefer radio news for that reason, my mind is imaginative enough without adding the gory video images to the mix. i know living in denial isn't a great idea but what about living the life we choose? if you want to see that stuff, have at it. i am still haunted by images from 9/11 and i was 3000 kilometers away. i prefer not to see the images.