tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post5215562610432178242..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Exploding treesdoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-85852864613720481152011-10-30T10:59:54.095-04:002011-10-30T10:59:54.095-04:00Dear John,
It makes a huge difference once the ch...Dear John,<br /><br />It makes a huge difference once the children are grown-up. <br /><br />Staying aware of death helps keep us alive. I pretend I am aware, then a huge branch falls, and then I'm <i>really</i> aware.<br /><br />I love your mini-posts here. I was re-reading one of your books this morning, too, so it's been a Spencerian few hours.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-52627927827036949162011-10-30T08:43:55.953-04:002011-10-30T08:43:55.953-04:00I used to fear death, because I feared hell (five ...I used to fear death, because I feared hell (five years in a Baptist church will do that to you). Then I feared the dying process (the pain). Then, I hit a point when I wasn't scared. Not sure exactly when it was. Maybe gradual. Maybe it happened in leaps and bounds. <br /><br />I'm afraid again. I think I've underestimated the power I have in the lives of Joel, Micah and Brenna. Ultimately, that's the side of death that terrifies me - the notion that they wouldn't be okay. Christy is amazing and resilient. I wouldn't want her to experience that pain. But she would make it. <br /><br />I have things I want to accomplish - see a game at Wrigley Field, finish novels that are in my head, run a second marathon, learn the art of photography, visit Europe. But I'm not really afraid of not accomplishing those things. <br /><br />I think my constant sense of mortality (perhaps morbid obsession with it) is why I am sometimes accused of taking things too lightly. I don't stress over the test. I'm not that worried about the data. A visit from the superintendent neither impresses me nor scares me. <br /><br />However, the sense that death is real is why I don't want to waste a child's time at school - and ultimately that is why I am far more serious than people give me credit for. <br /><br />#yetanotherfullblogpostinthecommnetsectionofyourblogAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.com