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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
Well, no .... that wasn't what you said. Maybe that's what you meant. It is not what you said. Go back and read your post.
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Actually, maybe you misinterpreted what I wrote. I said that I believed that there were people who had come to terms with their mortality.. and then I went on to (admittedly over generalized) suggest that soldiers who had seen extensive combat would have had to come to terms with it. I certainly believe some have.
All of this is essentially a different way of saying they have come to terms with death.
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Of course there are people who have come to terms with death. I suppose there are people who also never have any need to escape from any aspect of the real world, no matter how incredibly awful that real world may be.
So, death and destruction all around them, and they are just fine with that. They've come to terms with that, and they are doing fine, just fine.
Me, I'll take refuge in a book from time to time. I like a bit of escape now and then.
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The ironic thing here is that many books have more death and destruction in them than the real world. Certainly no reads 1984 to escape reality. But even many of the books I read to take a break from the day to day world involve wars and battles...
Ultimately, it is hardly my mortality that I need a break from; I know I am going to die at some point. Nothing I can do about it, so I try not to worry about it too much. What I need a break from is the drudgery of every day life. The hour or so I read a day pulls me away from contemplating how much I have left to clean in my basement, the stuff I have to do at work, etc.
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Bill