Do You Ever Want to Die?

I don’t mean: Do you want to stay alive forever?

My assumption is that we all will die sometime, hopefully when we are old and full of years.

Many search for the fountain of youth, to enjoy health and beauty and vigor; but few would want to live everlastingly, as did the frustrated humans in the movie, Tuck Everlasting.

So, I will ask again; Do you ever want to die? And once again, I clarify. I do not mean, “I just wanted to die, I was so embarrassed.”  I do not mean the colorful, “die of mortification (which is rather redundant).”
I mean, do you ever feel like it would be nice to be dead already?  Do you ever get so tired, so stressed, so overwhelmed, or burned out, that you just want to be dead?  I don’t want to die violently.  I don’t want the pain of dying by accident or disease. There are times, I confess, when I want to be dead already-without the bother or pain of getting there. At times like that it is important for me to take a long walk; take a mini hot-springs vacation in the bathtub; give myself the luxury of sleeping in or enjoying a savory meal; devour a good book, or have a philosophical talk with a life-long friend.  How about you?  What do you do to restore your energy and joie de vivre?

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