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Mainecoonmaniac · May 14, 2012

Take a look at this NPR link. This could be a reason why people snap pics.

http://dearphotograph.com/

Vaughn · May 14, 2012

Thank you!

artonpaper · May 14, 2012

Clever idea. Thanks for posting this.

blansky · May 14, 2012

Love this sappy stuff.

For some reason though it brings on more melancholy than joy.

Like listening to a sad song over and over.

removed account4 · May 14, 2012

i tried to get through it all, but it was too sad,

i could barely make it to past page 7 ..

tron_ · May 16, 2012

I would finish reading it but I have already shot myself in the mouth from the sadness.

Brian C. Miller · May 16, 2012

I knew people were dying...

Oh, ouch.

Ricus.stormfire · May 16, 2012

very interesting, but so sad

waynecrider · May 16, 2012

Wasn't the idea all along to have such remembrances. I'm indeed thankful for mine.

pbromaghin · May 16, 2012

Where's the gas pipe?

Vaughn · May 16, 2012

grandfather dies, father dies, son dies

As long as it is the order, there is no reason to be too sad.

Gim · May 16, 2012

Vaughn said:
grandfather dies, father dies, son dies

As long as it is the order, there is no reason to be too sad.

Reading Zen? Under ordinary circumstances, true.

Edit. Under most all circumstances, true.

Vaughn · May 16, 2012

Gim said:
Reading Zen?...

One of my favorite Zen stories. And as both of my parents turn 90 this summer, something I keep in mind.

tron_ · May 17, 2012

Link to the Zen story? Sounds like something definitely worth checking out

Mainecoonmaniac · May 17, 2012

Great story

Vaughn said:
grandfather dies, father dies, son dies

As long as it is the order, there is no reason to be too sad.

Heard the story many years ago. Death is inevitable. Embrace it so you won't fear living.

Vaughn · May 17, 2012

tron_ said:
Link to the Zen story? Sounds like something definitely worth checking out

it is a very short story...I have heard several versions, but here is the basic story:

A rich man asked a Zen master to write something down that could encourage the prosperity of his family for years to come. It would be something that the family could cherish for generations. On a large piece of paper, the master wrote, "Father dies, son dies, grandson dies."

The rich man became angry when he saw the master's work. "I asked you to write something down that could bring happiness and prosperity to my family. Why do you give me something depressing like this?"

"If your son should die before you," the master answered, "this would bring unbearable grief to your family. If your grandson should die before your son, this also would bring great sorrow. If your family, generation after generation, disappears in the order I have described, it will be the natural course of life. This is true happiness and prosperity."

I probably read in a collect of stories I have in the book:

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings, By Paul Reps, Nyogen Senzaki

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