Average Joe Posted July 7, 2015 Report Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) If you were dying what would be the last thing you would try to tell those you cared about? Looking back at the April Conference addresses, Elder Packer's address was headed, "The end of all activity in the Church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity." Elder Perry's address was headed, "Family is the center of life and is the key to eternal happiness." Just a short time later they would pass away and the Supreme Court would rule in favor of same sex marriage. How profound and insightful their words seem now. Truly we have prophets in these latter-days. Edited July 8, 2015 by Average Joe Vort, Str8Shooter and Daybreak79 3 Quote
Bini Posted July 7, 2015 Report Posted July 7, 2015 If I was dying, I'd keep telling my husband and daughter how much I love them, and then I'm sure the dramatic side of me would spill out regrets, and then I'd be reminded by my husband and daughter that life has been good to us - with teary smiles. Which is true! Jamie123 and Average Joe 2 Quote
Str8Shooter Posted July 8, 2015 Report Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) I would say, "Don't be sad. This is what Obamacare does to most people." Seriously, I would bear them my testimony. I would tell them that when I get to the other side I will help them as much as I could and as much as they (the family members) would let me. I would tell them if they want to be happy, be humble and obey the prophets. Edited July 9, 2015 by Str8Shooter Backroads, Average Joe and Jedi_Nephite 3 Quote
priesthoodpower Posted July 8, 2015 Report Posted July 8, 2015 I have already started this past year putting my life long spiritual experiences into text documents and storing them in my gmail. I just need to figure out how to get it sent to my wife and kids if I unexpectedly die. Maybe Ill print them out and seal it in a folder in my file cabinet. My written testimony based on real life experiences of the true gospel is the most treasured item I wish for my family to receive because when Im dead and on the other side this will be my only way of helping them to hold on to the iron rod. Average Joe and Finrock 2 Quote
Traveler Posted July 8, 2015 Report Posted July 8, 2015 I dislike any appearance of the dramatic. What I would say if I was dying is in essence the same I would say if I was living. I would also try to find some humor to go along with it all. I think we take some very funny things too seriously and many very important and serious things without enough humor to enjoy the moment. Jamie123 1 Quote
Just_A_Guy Posted July 9, 2015 Report Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) I like the idea of the thread, but with regard to its premise: Pres. Packer's son mentioned to the Deseret News that he he had begun working on his October conference talk just a week or two ago. I suppose, when you're a nonagenarian, one goes into every General Conference with the idea that it might be your last. That said, I don't know that we can say Pres. Packer believed himself to be dying during the last conference or had any specialized premonition that this would be his last sermon to the church. Edited July 9, 2015 by Just_A_Guy Quote
David13 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Posted July 9, 2015 On another forum a great argument ensued about what should be said at a funeral. For me, my funeral, I just want the gospel preached. Like Elder Packer said.That's the only message I want to leave, just the gospel. And inspired words like Elder Packers address in April.Of course they start work on their talk early. That's why when they give the talk it's in it's best form. I think the thought comes from inspiration, but they have to put it into words.dc Quote
Laniston Posted July 10, 2015 Report Posted July 10, 2015 "Hey, we're sealed so it's all good. Now leave me alone to die. I gotta get me to the spirit world and ride some dinosaurs." Quote
Vort Posted July 10, 2015 Report Posted July 10, 2015 "Hey, we're sealed so it's all good. Now leave me alone to die. I gotta get me to the spirit world and ride some dinosaurs." You mean like this? Jamie123 1 Quote
Guest MormonGator Posted July 10, 2015 Report Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) If you were dying what would be the last thing you would try to tell those you cared about? "That wallpaper is terrible. One of us has to go."-Last words of Oscar Wilde. I'd tell everyone to lighten up, have fun and smile. People take life and death much too seriously. Edited July 10, 2015 by MormonGator Quote
Laniston Posted July 10, 2015 Report Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) You mean like this? I was thinking more like a brontosaurus but dang if that guy doesn't look like the happiest person in the world Edited July 10, 2015 by Laniston Quote
yellowjacketgal Posted August 4, 2015 Report Posted August 4, 2015 I'll be honest. A little over a year ago, I almost died. I was, quite frankly, surprised when I woke up in the hospital the following morning. Nothing witty went through my head. I just wanted my husband to know that I love him, and for him to let our kids know how much I love them. More than anything, when I was dying, my mind was filled with thoughts of my family and their welfare. I was amazed at how non-threatening dying really is, how peaceful the process is, even when you are in extreme pain. Dying really isn't nearly as terrifying as we seem to think it is. Dying is actually quite easy; it's living that's hard. Jamie123, Vort and hagoth 3 Quote
cdowis Posted August 4, 2015 Report Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) My final words -->> Darlin', I've been meaning to tell you....gasp... cough...................... cough... Oh, nevermind. It will wait............ Edited August 4, 2015 by cdowis hagoth 1 Quote
cdowis Posted August 4, 2015 Report Posted August 4, 2015 According to his wife, the last words of a famous writer and atheist, "My name is Isaac Asimov." Quote
yellowjacketgal Posted August 9, 2015 Report Posted August 9, 2015 You mean like this? Sorry to state the obvious, Vort, but that's not a dinosaur. Quote
Vort Posted August 9, 2015 Report Posted August 9, 2015 Sorry to state the obvious, Vort, but that's not a dinosaur. That's what dinosaurs look like today. Quote
yellowjacketgal Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 That's what dinosaurs look like today.Darn! I thought they looked like this: Vort 1 Quote
Palerider Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 I would tell them to read my Journals. Quote
priesthoodpower Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 I would also tell my wife to do some price research when selling my tools and not to sell them for the price I told her I bought them for. lol Vort 1 Quote
Jamie123 Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) I found this website of dying words of the famous: http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/dying.html. Here are some that I specially liked: It's all been very interesting.~~ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, writer, d. 1762 Go away. I'm all right.~~ H. G. Wells, novelist, d. 1946 Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.~~ Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900 I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.~~ François Rabelais, writer, d. 1553 Get my swan costume ready.~~ Anna Pavlova, ballerina, d. 1931 I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.~~ Richard Feynman, physicist, d. 1988 I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it.~~ Errol Flynn, actor, d. October 14, 1959 P.S. I just read something else on a different page. Apparently Queen Marie Antoinette's last words as she faced the guillotine were: "Pardon me Monsieur, I did not do it on purpose!" (She had just stepped on her executioner's foot.) Edited August 11, 2015 by Jamie123 Quote
hagoth Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) Technically we're all dying to some degree each day.That's in part why I regularly remind my wife and kids that I love them.I have also already left behind a fair number of things that document and amplify my testimony.And I am regularly working on more of the same. Edited August 11, 2015 by hagoth Quote
Jamie123 Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 Darn! I thought they looked like this:dinosaur.jpgOr this... Syme 1 Quote
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