On a radio talk show 80 year old consummate actor et al William Shatner was interviewed. A man of many accomplishments one of the latest of which is another book that he has written about himself, he talked in the book and in the interview about how on his 80th birthday he was feeling fearful and anxious. The reason was, he said, that he is fearful of death. The older one gets the specter of death creeps closer and he reported that he does not have the faith or the belief that God or loved ones will be waiting for him on the other side. But then he brought up hearing about the last words of Steve Jobs, “oh wow, oh wow, oh wow”. Shatner wondered where that came from and what prompted Jobs to say those words. Here is an interesting example of a man that has conquered his fear of life through all of his accomplishments but now is being faced with the fear of dying. Funny the priorities we humans place on ourselves. I see a time in the future when we will live much longer lives but when it is time to take off this physical shell we will just do so. No fanfare, no fear. I wonder what Captain Kirk would say about all of this.
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