Gone

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Many years ago, as I was taking a load of goods across the country, I became stuck in a traffic jam.

As I passed under an underpass I saw the following scrawled on a wall.

I used to have money...

Gone!

I used to have a job...

Gone!

I used to have someone...

Gone!

I used to have health...

Gone!

I used to have passion...

Gone

I used to have love...

Gone!

I used to live...

Gone!

I have no money...

I have no job...

I have nobody...

I am sick and broken...

I am alone...

I am unloved...

I only exist...

I wish I was...

GONE!!!!

I was told that a body had been found close to where this was written.

Had they ended their pain?

Just slipped on the walkway beside the upper level?

I don't know exactly what happened, but these words have stayed with me since then.

I hope the author found their peace.

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I am a male that underwent coronary artery bypass X3 (triple) on 10/22/13 at the age of 55. I was living on about 20-30% of one coronary artery and my left heart output was only 20% to 25%. I spent a week in the hospital after surgery and went home. Then had to go back a day later for another week because I had pneumonia. Finally a few days because of a slight arythmia. All told it has been about 2 1/2 weeks. I am past the cravings by now and only have the urges to contend with. I really don't suggest that anyone quits smoking using this technique though. I'll have to carry the scars from that day for the rest of my life. The large one down the center of my chest, and the ones from several "silent" infarctions. I came that close to the next world. Never again will I subject my body to that (at one point in my life I was smoking 5 packs of cigarillos a day). I now have to say N.O.P.E. (Not One Puff Ever) every day of my life. TheOldGoat-Joan, I miss you terribly my friend. Elder Lists Guilia's: (/blogs/Giulia-blog/2017/06/18/elders-list-ao-december-7-2016 ) or Smorgy's (Chronological Elder List)

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