Isn't it strange how it's so elusive? We can measure so many things about it now. Heart rates, blood pressure, chemical balances and imbalances, etc. Can measure when these processes stop. Can't tell with any device we have what happens after that to the life that has ceased to function on this plane. The older I get, the more ready I am to find out though. Thankfully, death has lost it's sting. I just worry about the transition. Not what happens after. I do like to try to remember Corrie Ten Boom's assertion that when I'm ready to take that final train ride, that's when I'll be given that ticket and not a moment before.

But it's a hell of a lot of fun, eh? Well, hopefully. Nice work.

Indeed. It's such a mystery! Well-thought out!

very true and profoundly stated.. thanks, Tony