Originally posted by resonate
A friend of mine died a year ago from a sudden and unknown illness and it shocked everybody. I still can't believe I'll never see him again. At his funeral hundreds and maybe a thousand or so showed up. The seats ran out quickly and soon there wasn't enough room to even stand, i ended up standing all the way in the back of the balcony of this church. It made me change the way i thought about life. It really is amazing that a 17 year old kid had such an impact on so many people. And he did, he was one of those people who could just open thier mouth and everyone would start laughing. Unbelieveable really how great of a personality he had. But the whole thing made me realize how meaningful life is, because in the end it's all we have and the only thing that is truely given to us. I think if you believe life is totally pointless you are letting it become that. And I'm not religious i just believe in life, and death is the end of life. Death isn't "bad" but life is so much more valuable than anything else there is. *

But animals can die. * *lol Unless theyre almost extinct, their lives ARE pretty pointless. Sorry we're conscious.
Sorry about your loss....One of my best friends was murdered over the summer at 17, so I can see what you mean.