NinaB said:

I already was.

me too

I've thought about it again, in context.

Superfan1984 said:

Yes, KristalKisses--- I so agree! My sister and I went to see Purple Rain at the theatre on Thursday and then afterwards, as it was near midnight when the show got out, we drove through downtown for hours, playing a CD of Prince recently at the Sidney Show, where he sang, at the end, Free Yourself-- and it was just amazing, playing that, listening to the words, "Free yourself, make your place in history...." ---- It all felt very cosmic--- Thank you, Prince---- His death has left me feeling some kind of way-- It's all very strange and kind of great-- I feel he was giving us a goodbye and trying to leave us feeling inspired and happy, --- but I'm terribly sad as well--- so it's a strange strange thing...

It is beyond strange. A world without Prince? I saw a news report that asked the question why people are feeling such an intense saddness and deep grief even though many fans have not met Prince and didn't know him. They interviewed a psychologist who said through lanugage and the initmate nature of Prince's lyrics and music creates a framiliarity feeling from fans who can develop a great affection for an artist and the candid, personal nature of Prince's music can make a fan feel close emotionally to him because they can identify with him and feel like he ''gets' you or you understand their thoughts and feelings sometimes better or more deeply than people you actually "know".

In a weird way , it sort of felt like Prince was a piece of my idenity. You know I was a Prince fan...I just loved his style, sound, voice, sense of humor...even though I haven't been following him closely the last few years I still listened to his music from time to time and everyone in my life knew I loved Prince....it just feels so odd he is not out there making music anymore.

Very confronting when your hero dies

At a young age too

I just turned 40 and this has played right into my midlife crisis

I thought he'd go on a lot longer

It scares me that healthy living can result in this. I mean Keith Richards, hello! How is he still alive and Prince is dead??

It's made me think I need to do more in my life!

Obviously Prince's achievements were extraordinary but it makes me think I need to make more of each single day

mrjj71 said:

It's made me think I need to do more in my life!

Obviously Prince's achievements were extraordinary but it makes me think I need to make more of each single day

I haven't been hit as hard as some on here by Prince's death - we are all mortals, even Prince and I feel very priviliged to have been a part of his journey. However, I'm stuck in a career that I'm not happy in and, following Prince's death, I have decided to give it all up and attempt to pursue my dreams. I finish end of June. Scary!

maplenpg said:

mrjj71 said:

It's made me think I need to do more in my life!

Obviously Prince's achievements were extraordinary but it makes me think I need to make more of each single day

I haven't been hit as hard as some on here by Prince's death - we are all mortals, even Prince and I feel very priviliged to have been a part of his journey. However, I'm stuck in a career that I'm not happy in and, following Prince's death, I have decided to give it all up and attempt to pursue my dreams. I finish end of June. Scary!

That is a pretty cool realization! That is really brave of you.

TheFreakerFantastic said:

Only in the sense of making the most of this life like he did and getting a will written up!

Yup.

No. I was diagnosed at the age of 17 with the same condition that took my mom's life suddenly at the age of 29, and her mother's at the age of 25. Back then, I thought about dying a lot, thought my condition was a death sentence. Now, I've come to terms with death and dying and realize that it is the inevitable part of living that no one looks forward to, because they fear the unknown. I had a doctor tell me once that if a large enough clot breaks off and goes to my heart or lungs, I have 10 minutes and there will be nothing anyone can do. I thought about that for a long time, scared each 10 minutes was my last. But then I realized, if this is my last 10 minutes, do I want to live them being afraid? Or do I want to live them as completely and as filled with love as I possibly can? I chose to live them rather than to fear them. Prince's death has hit me hard, but I've always known I can die at any time. The key to life is to live it fully. The end will come for all of us eventually, in one way or another. We don't dance waiting for the end of the song, we dance because we're grooving to the song, and that is the way we should live. We don't live waiting for the end of life, we live, because we're grooving to the living.

maplenpg said:

mrjj71 said:

It's made me think I need to do more in my life!

Obviously Prince's achievements were extraordinary but it makes me think I need to make more of each single day

I haven't been hit as hard as some on here by Prince's death - we are all mortals, even Prince and I feel very priviliged to have been a part of his journey. However, I'm stuck in a career that I'm not happy in and, following Prince's death, I have decided to give it all up and attempt to pursue my dreams. I finish end of June. Scary!

Wow!

Good luck to you-Hope all your dreams come true

Every death close to you does. But when you start being able to count the people not here anymore and need two hand, including Prince's fatal I don't know what (until autopsy and toxicology reports), it does just make you feel that life is so tentative, so fragile, such an illusion. One minute it can be over. I always live life to the fullest but taking care of stress levels etc. But no matter how healthy some people are, they do just still leave us suddenly and it's scary.