I suppose it doesn’t matter much. It won’t make a difference if I do it right or wrong because there won’t be anyone to notice. If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it does it make a sound? If a lonely person dies and no one notices did they really live?
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You could always put “to whom it may concern”
Four things,
first two are kind of a philosophy class, so please bear with me ?
1}
Yes…
the tree makes a sound
it makes a sound as a ‘fact’
& it makes a sound
to the birds & wildlife around it, who would get affected by its fall even in the most little
way possible
& its fall matters
A Whole Lot
to the birds & other creatures to whom it’s a home & sanctuary, not just a tree
& to the birds & other creatures to whom it *Would Have Been* a home & sanctuary in the
future, had it not fallen
it matters to the trees & plants around it…
Even though they never ‘talked’,
that fallen tree was their neighbor & their team-mate in their immediate environment,
all of them will get affected by its sudden absence
it even matters to the whole world in a way [CO2, global warming, etc]
Current times are proving this to be more & more significant each passing year
So Yes
it makes a sound, even if that sound is not heard
it’s a loss to so many
even though the tree might have never been aware that it plays a role in their life
point is:
Life
is not valued
by how many human-beings
see it as valuable
Life is valued
[if not *primarily*, through a God-believing world-view:
by the mere fact that God created it and placed it here on Earth for a Purpose & role;
then through belief &\or logic:]
by the potential it holds within itself
to practice & spread love & good
& to refrain from\resist & fight against harm & evil
& affect with that potential
every living & non-living thing on this planet
—
2}
with that same logic
a human-being’s Life’s value multiplies a dozen-fold
by the fact that we are ‘free-willed’ & need to conciously ‘decide’ & ‘choose’ between
love\good & ‘less love\good’ or harm\evil in every given situation
not just programmed to function in a certain good way
& by how much more of such potential we have within ourselves compared to a static
tree[which is majestically AwEsOmE by the way]
—
3}
Despite all this
Some ‘One’ noticed that You wish to leave
& that someone would certainly notice if You actually do
that’s why that someone wrote You all this
: )
—
4}
Even to your own ‘deadline’
you’re giving up more than a month early
that’s called cheating death!
: D
Could i ask You not to say goodbye, whether to anyone or to no one
& to, instead,
talk to someone(s) about what’s going on
& we find way(s) to move forward
: )
hey
i wrote this same answer above before, i think on the same day You made that post, but it seems to have suddenly disappeared or something
i do hope You’ve had a chance to read it
regardless
i do hope You’re okay