Does your entire life flash before your eyes before you die?

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Jeff

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I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time... For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars... And yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined my street... Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper... And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird... And Janie... And Janie... And... Carolyn. I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday.
 
This is said to happen to a lot of people. I believe it. Sometimes I look around like what you said, the yellow, orange, and green leaves on trees as the light of the sunset passes through and the fresh wind blows by. haunting memories from my past visit me. It is both comforting and sad because you long for the past, but you can't have it. When my life flashes before my eyes I hope they are happy and meaningful.
 
My mom died in June. Her last days, sometimes she was completely lucid. Sometimes carrying on conversations with her son & brother who were long deceased. I have to think she was retraveling the path that had brought her to this point!!!
 
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