Sooooooo...check this out http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-549326-angus-brian-macdonald.html
And come back when you're done, I'll wait.
Seriously, just go. Don't be one of those people that like something on Facebook without actually putting any effort into finding out why they should like it. Be engaged.
Ok. I assume you read it. What did you think? Awesome or not? My vote is for awesome simply because I like the dignity, honesty and humour Sir MacDonald approached his impending demise with. I hope to be able to do the same....many years from now, because this tumour (fuck cancer) is not getting me yet.
When faced with trials and tribulations humans have some pretty funny ways of dealing with them. Don't get me wrong, life can be hard for sure. And painful. But also wonderful and beautiful. I'm not advocating for the rose coloured glasses but surely an optimistic approach is better than the woe is me routine. I like to describe myself as an optimist/realist/pessimist because that is simply the way it is. In 48 years of life I have seen enough to tell me that what we have is both shit and great. And depending on geography and lineage, one view is more prevalent. I have a good life. I'm happy. Transpose me to Syria or Palestine or Arkansas and my outlook would certainly be coloured by all that goes on around me. Makes sense right. Right here and right now, despite what is going on in my life (and I could write a blog on that....oh wait) I am happy. I have family that I love and love me, a wonderful girlfriend to steal horses with, friends of varying types that are important to me and I to them and my health is good (not withstanding the cancer (fuck cancer) and the god damn kidney stones I get every two years - you could set a slow clock to them). These are the big things in life. This is what I want to remember and find important. Not if I had a big tv or the best car. Seriously, who the fuck cares about that shit. Although when I win the lottery on Friday I'm getting an Austin Martin Vanquish - James Bond Baby!!!! Money can't buy happiness but it can buy a yacht to park beside it...hahaha
Ok, back to serious stuff....hahaha, that's pretty funny also. Maybe back on point, sort of. So, when the time comes, I will want to, if possible, celebrate life before departing the living. I want to hug my people and tell stories. Be made fun of and cry a bit...a lot, but I was chopping onions, so there.
I think I am in danger of getting sentimental and I don't feel like being sentimental today. So I will end things thus. I am fond of quoting people smarter than me, for I truly believe all the answer are out there, written, sung or painted about, so why reinvent the wheel. Nick Vujicic, "It matters how you finish. Are you going to finish strong?" Evangelism aside, the man is inspirational. I choose to finish strong.
Ciao
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