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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 10:05 am Subject: It comes in threes....

Ok, I know this is probably silly and a bit morbid, but...

Have you ever heard of the old saying that death comes in threes? I've noticed in the past few years that whenever someone famous dies (a star, someone in the news, a world leader, etc), there will be two more in fairly rapid succession.

This month it was James Brown, Gerald Ford and Sadaam Hussein. Granted, Sadaam Hussein's death wasn't natural, but I don't think it was expected this soon either, so I guess that counts.

Like I said, I know it's a strange thing to post, but I've just always found it to be very strange that it happens that way.

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 10:06 am Subject:

All I have to say is the past 10 days has been a busy time in the after world, James Brown, Ford and Hussein, someone up there is wishing he/she had taken a longer Christmas vacation.

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 10:47 am Subject:

Even more ironic is the number of famous people and people in general who die around Christmas time. I work in estate planning and in the last two weeks we've had 4 of our clients die. We only did three probate proceedings in the entire year prior to Christmas.

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:11 am Subject:

And not to be even more morbid, but James Brown's funeral was a rockin' funeral. Of course, he was not a former president like Ford and it wasn't a state funeral. But, Ford's funeral is/was very moving. And Hussein? IMO---he deserved it!

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:16 am Subject:

Hussein deserved every bit of what he got an more, IMO....his victims were not shown one tenth of the mercy he received at his execution.

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:46 am Subject:

Not only death comes in three's, but bad things happen in three's, like the saying, "When it rains, it pours."

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:48 am Subject:

I've noticed that too, dbaker - seems like it always happens that way.

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:52 am Subject:

So in other words, if you start out having a bad day, just be resigned to the fact that it's going to end a bad day, too, in most cases!

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:31 pm Subject:

Sorry, I can't support that thought. Things may start out bad, but I'm a believer in changing the course in mid-stream. Once you recognize the energy of what's going on, you should be able to predict the possibility of something else happening. Start building positive thoughts and energy through your actions and it actually does eliminate or at least decrease the possibility of something else happening.

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:33 pm Subject:

I like your train of thought, Deb.

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:35 pm Subject:

Thanks. It comes from "seat of your pants" experiences. We are not destined to an inevitable fate. We are in control of ourselves. Our job is in learning how to steer the ship.

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:38 pm Subject:

I have to say I agree with Deb on this one - I've never been one to have a rotten start to the day end up ruling the whole day. I've always told myself the day is what I make of it.

My ex is fond of calling me little mary sunshine when I do that. Laughing