Out-Of-The-Box: Last Chat On Your Deathbed
It's a while ago but here is the next Out-Of-The-Box contest.
What you should do
It's simple, answer the questions You are on your Deathbed asked by @anassharkawy in the comment section and be creative!
Note: Question and answer entries are not appreciated, no AI and all free writers are welcome!
Prize/s
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I think about it all the time. I mean, death can come at any moment. In case it comes before I finish this comment I'll try to hit the post button first.
I have no regrets. No.... "I should have this or that" or "I shouldn't have done this or that" or "if only..." Nope. None of that. Whatever I did or happened was supposed to. And there were many lessons. But now. I'm ready to go. Bags packed. (There's nothing in them, of course.) The end of one thing is always the beginning of something else.
Actually, no one dies. We just change bodies. When the body is damaged beyond repair or just plain wears out we get a new one. The body is a machine, a vehicle. We're inside these "things"...
So don't come around "my death bed" with all those stupid questions, anxieties and fears. Just remind me that we are spirit not matter.
As my father lay dying I was with him. He was unconscious as if in a deep deep sleep and breathing very heavily. His face was tight with anxiety. I read to him from a Vedic text, Sri Isopanishad. It's a book of eighteen mantras describing transcendence. He relaxed and became very, very peaceful. He was still in the deep sleep but he was smiling. Of course I told him I loved him very much and he was the best father ever. I meant it. He was not an ordinary person. He left.
So don't come around my death bed with all that crap. Like a TV interview for a Saturday morning talk show. "What did you do wrong? What could you have done better?" blah blah blah.
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Use your time now to answer those questions and address those fears. When death comes be ready.
Maybe you would like to enter this comment contest: @presh001 @kasun-chamikara @evandg
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A super entry and I agree. That body is just the bag we wear and it's good to rest after gathering all those experiences. Spirits need rest and not the crap talk.
It beats me why the interviewer shows up at our deathbed. He never showed interest at the times we fought. Let him check facebook or Steemit or answer the question why there should be regret. Who made him believe there should be?
@inspiracion you like to answer that person who all of a sudden shows up and needs answers (of course it's not a message for the youth since the youth couldn't care less)?
Aging helps to understand a lot of things. For one thing, I've lived in soooo many places and in soooo many different conditions... While I was in a living situation it seemed that was all there is... But ... there it is...time to move on.. And it all gets left behind... Maybe a dim memory every now and then. Like an old black and white photo. .... And then the new situation seems like it always was and always will be.... until oops, it's time to move on... and on and on.....
I moved a lot as well, there was a period I move every year to a different place. The longest time I lived in one place was 8 years as I was a child (primary school). I always feel like the woman in the film "Chocolate" if the wind turns, blows I hear the whispering and it's time to leave, change, go, do something different.
I'm not sure if it's aging if that's the case I am born very old.
No regrets is the best! We wish you a day filled with joy!
What could you have done better? Very well...😂😂😂😂just too late😂😂😂😂
Yup. The train left the station...
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How will you respond if you are dying and you have someone questioning you? You can leave your out-of-the-box entry here!
I am sure you can share your humour here as well so we have something to read till @cicisaja showed her
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Just done😂😂😂😂
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Alright... I'm coming. I need to take care of my oxygen mask first, to make sure none knows that I was hiding my cigarettes somewhere between the sheets
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😂😂😂😂
As I understood your cigarettes didn't set the place at fire otherwise you couldn't have given all those instructions! Thanks for joining, sharing your flashbacks and the good laugh. did @rokhani read you?
@jiva34 Thank you very much for inviting me for your invitation.
What this post really reminds me of is that life and death are two sides of a same coin. I strongly believe your idea about transferring our spirit from one body to another when they become worn out. Also, I believe that you accept the spirituality in our life in which most of people don't accept.
Living without any regrets is one of the greatest achievements in our lives
I am thankful for sharing your thoughts on life and death to enlighten us.
Very well: first of all, deathbed only comes if I don't kick the bucket suddenly (and hopefully, prepared). In any way, I can seriously and shortly comment, but also trying to be funny:
1)the serious way (and here I'm serious): saying my final prayer, connecting to Jesus
2)the funny departure: I'm deeply worried about my dear cute reborn dolls collection😂. What will become of them when I'll definitely kick the bucket? I don't trust at all my in-laws grandchildren and great grandchildren. They'll take for granted they are simple dolls to play with and not a collection to take a big care of. These children won't show the least respect toward such cute reborn dolls and will let them become dirty and damaged. Quick...quick...I must think very quickly to save my doll collection. What to do? Yes, now I remember: I studied law to get my first degree, so I must know there is only a solution. In my deathbed, I call a notaire. He must rush, as I can't risk to kick the bucket before having saved my reborn dolls collection😂. Yes, I know the rush is expensive, but I promise to the notaire I'll leave to him all my steem power. I won't need any SP any more, once deceased. As the notaire comes to my deathbed, he words my last will: all the reborn dolls of my collection must be buried with me. OK, OK, I know: in such a case I'll need a bigger coffin, as there must be the space for all the collection: very well, I'll sell my TRON altcoins to purchase a coffin big enough...😂
Ps.: my first reborn doll, purchased in my former country in 2014, origin Spain. Photo taken with my Moto G10
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Ooooh, you have a house filled with babies! How come you never told that before they are cool but sooo expensive. Do you have a real crib as well? I remember as the first babies were born LOL my mother in law bought some kind of reborn baby for the eldest. She said it had a very cute face, oh my was that doll ugly. I remember I was in Barcelona and looked at those dolls as well but I found them ugly. Anyway, my child could stop crying every time I showed the doll so I stowed it away tried a few times and in the end... I believe it ended up in the dumpster.
How many do you have? I agree it's a big worry what will happen to them. Do your really need a bigger coffin? You can cover yourself with babies.
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Very well, I have in all 3 reborn newborn dolls (I have a fourth newborn doll in my collection and it isn't a reborn one, but I find it so cute I put it together with the collection. No, no cribs. They sleep in my bed😂😂😂😂. Very well, the 3 reborn weren't cheap, but not so expensive in any way. I took the opportunity of Black Friday, instalments and in any way they aren't 100% reborn or their price would have been very much higher. But I think they are worth the purchase, as I'm happy to see them every day, to take care of😂😂😂😂. Very well, I think I'll donate them to a Dolls Museum in my departure😂😂😂😂.
Ps.: my avatar here and there is my second reborn doll😂😂😂😂
On my deathbed...
I am not filled with regret at the moment because it will only make my case worst, it will make me bitter as I leave. And the thought would concentrate on the things I did wrong rather than the things I did right. I would rather focus on the things I did right than the things I did wrong at the moment, so I can be happy in this last moment.
I have never really cared about what people think of me, I did not live my life to please others because they have their life and I have mine. I make my own choices whether right or wrong, and give less thought to what others might think.
If I had the opportunity to change anything in my life or go back 20 years, I still would not take the offer. I love my life and all the choices I made, the people in my life and the relationships I kept, its lovely. So, I would not want to tamper with such wonderful memories I have kept.
Wow, spending time with family is what I can think of right now. These memories are precious and priceless.
My last purchases were worth the spend; surprise gifts for my family, some gadgets, home appliances, helping tools, and some others I cannot remember.
Family and friends have been around for a while now, and they are quite hopeful I will pull through. Let's hope they are right.
I think I will be remembered in a positive way because I have been a positive influence in the life of quite a lot of people. I cannot estimate the number of years my memory will last with them but it'll be a while. But you know humans, they tend to move on after a while.
Altogether, I think I have lived a good life and I am happy and proud of myself.
Thank you for your time...
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If there's no regret what case could there be let alone let regret make it worse and why should it make you feel more bitter, do you have time for bitterness if you are dying or in pain or see an angle reaching out for you?
You are there on that bed and who will show up and who will be the one questioning, looking for answers or will no one do such a thing which is possible as well.
For sure your family will be happy with the gifts you leave behind, a good way to remember and cherish the thoughts of you at those moments they find it hard to move on.
Wake Up, Kitty! 💥
I also mentioned on Facebook that you are the author of the lyrics.
I think we had a successful collaboration, and this is one of my 6 best tracks in the past 1.5 years.
https://steemit.com/hive-145157/@golden-rain/dj-bogd-n-vs-britney-wake-up-kitty-deep-house-original-track-wakeupsteemit
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I just read it and will leave you an answer. I am super happy for you and am looking forward to the end result! Thank you for the hard work and also fast work.
Good night to you!
@ wakupkitty
Impressive video.... There's is some real talent there.
There is, it's just a bit searching to find it or wake up the skills. You are one of them dear @jiva34!
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Thank you for the compliment, and I’m glad you liked the video clip.
The next one will be almost without AI-generated fragments, featuring real girls, as it will be another remix of Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time." I’m selecting videos of ladies in high school uniforms (cosplay).
You can also show it in Art & Artists if you like @golden-rain since this is art too.
You can tell a bit about your love for music, why DJ (any examples Tiësto or Gigi d'A or no one which is totally fine). You can share 2 or 3 links if you like. It's up to you.
Btw, I just watched the video 3 more times. I see more (better) the TikTok one and I wonder if it already goes wrong (music/video) at the start where the christmas tree is although I don't see the 'missing' coffee cup...
Definitely it goes "wrong" later on where the black and red cat show earlier. Did you check again with your phone? I will ask someone with a pc to look at it.
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Good morning.
Yes, I just checked. Now everything has normalized, and there is no more lag. So my conclusion is that Facebook simply needs more time to process the video, but after a day, everything normalizes.
Good to hear that. If it goes "wrong" it's the loading process/internet connection.
A happy day to you!
well its a really tough question, at deathbed when you know you will not live more. whole life will go in your mind like a movie. you visit from your child hood to date of your death.
if i have to make wish then there will be more than one with , may be there will be a lot of wishes in my mind.
1st: first wish that will come into my mind to meet once my parents , specially my dad who was passed away when i was a little child . and i will be little happy somewhere that i will go and meet my father after death.
2nd; and my 2nd wish will be to that i want to see my children after death , how they grow and how they live after my death.
3rd: and my another wish will be about after death life, i want to go heaven and live tensions free life there. where no tensions and sorrows will be.
right now i cant think more about my deathbed , feeling afaid . so thankyou for reading
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Who says your entire life will flash by? Did you die before and remember it clearly? It all depends on how you die and what your deathbed looks like.
If you are in bed for several years barely alive I doubt you still see flashes of you life. If you cry it out of pain you have better things to do as well as looking calmly back at your life and answering questions and why should you do that? Why answer someone who has had plenty of time to ask? Why suddenly now? It all doesn't sound as if that person came to comfort you which should be the case if showing up at someone's deathbed. If that visitor can't do that it's better to stay away. Btw, this is part of an out-of-the-box contest so it might be good to read it including the post it refers to. Creativity and imagination is part of it.
I wonder: what if your dad doesn't like to meet you? Can you accept that? Can be he forgotten you a long time ago or started a new life in another dimension or is reborn.
Your children will not be at your deathbed?
Heaven, is a place on earth you can create. I'm sorry to hear you feel afraid. Death is as natural as birth.
If my father does not like to meet me .I can't accept it, I will still insist to meet my father . I want to go to same dimension after reborn.
So if your father doesn't recognize you or doesn't want to meet you because he continues his life you will force him and show no respect? The circle of life is birth...life experience ... death... What we should except is that we are not the centre of the world no matter how much we want that. It's the same with your children. If they no longer want to see you and have you around you have to accept that as well. It is a natural thing to grow up and go your own way and make the best out of it without living in the past. Don't let this eat you. There's so much to see and experience.
I wish you all the best.
I just want to see him and meet my father . I will not bother them to recognize me. I can meet them as a stranger .
Yes, you are invited @bahrol @cicisaja @henryclive @rokhani you can add a healthy dose of humour. Let's start 2025 with laughter.
https://x.com/wakeup_kitty/status/1875221601765237209
Alright, let me think 🤔 I'll create a good will when I entered my dream, night night
Good night dear. take your time or blurt what you want to say on your deathbed without pleasing anyone since we are dumped if we may believe @anassharkawy
@pousinha what would you answer?
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I'm trying to develop an answer: sorry cause the delay, but I don't work on Saturdays (I only reply to friends on Saturdays)😂
I guess I could give it a try😅
the crazier the better, use your imagination. What do you think @sbamsoneu and @jiva34 will you give it a try?
@golden-rain you are invited!
What a sad contest. Unfortunately, I have been present during several people’s passing, and it will be hard for me to write about it with humor. It's so hard that I won’t even try.
My grandmother Valentina, when she was dying, asked me: "Bogdan, what was all this for? I don’t understand, what was all this for..."
By "all this," she meant her entire life. I understood her point well, because a person goes through the stages of life: childhood, learning, marriage, raising children, decades of struggle for a better life... but then, in the face of death (especially for atheists), they can't seem to find meaning in everything that happened. Everything is temporary — both failures and victories, and before death, everything becomes equally devalued, unless one believes in the continuation of life after death.
I can add that after my grandmother, there are me and two other grandchildren left. And after us, perhaps there will be some literary works, music, or artworks. We must strive to create good art, so that it may be interesting to others both now and after our death.
The contest is not about writing about the deathbed but about answering the questions asked in the post (see link).
My grandmother never spoke for real about her life. The war, being in the Japanese concentration camp, she suffered a lot also during her childhood and was high educated. She became older than most of her children, all died in the same year (2 months) 2 generations gone.
I asked her if there was anything she wanted to do or someone she liked to meet. She said she was fine.
She mainly lived to raise the children, sacrificed herself in a way that is more than anyone ever should. No one was grateful to her and she spoke with me which my aunt hated.
Are there grandchildren left or great grandchildren? Can be but they are broken souls, spread over the globe, unable to start a new life.
I don't feel the need to leave something behind because just like @jiva34 says I believe the soul lives forever.
Does human life has a meaning other than the meaning of life of animals and plants?
Thank you for sharing your thought and experiences with death. It's part of life and from the day we are born it's countdown till the moment we say goodbye and leave the body behind.
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Question asked by the sages.....
"Does human life has a meaning other than the meaning of life of animals and plants?"
One thing that differentiates humans from other life forms.... is introspective ability....
"...from the day we are born it's countdown till the moment we say goodbye and leave the body behind."
Some truths are undeniable........
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Death is a certainty. As it is said, all living things will experience death. But we know that death is not the end of everything. There is a journey that must be taken both for those left behind with sadness and also for those who die. Death can be a gateway to another life.
Parents always give advice so that in our lives we can always be good so that later when we die we will not be forgotten just like that. Like the proverb the day of death leaves its stripes, an elephant dies leaving its ivory and a human dies leaving a good name.
To create good memories, of course we know that there is always a struggle to make us well accepted by all communities. Although, of course not everyone will like us. But before we die we still need to live a good life without being selfish so that anyone will be happy when we come and will be sad when we are not there. So that when we die we will be made into a story about goodness during life.
@wakeupkitty, I wrote in this link; If you have time, you can read it.
The link here
I never heard of that proverb. Thanks for sharing your link. A good day/evening dear friend.