On a break from his job at the Gillette plant, Stephen Torci paused at a memorial for a killed cyclist, where a “ghost bike” stood in tribute.
He didn’t know the woman who had died in last week’s accident, an Irish native named Tanya Connolly, 37. . But amid the midday bustle of West Broadway, the lone white bike called for a moment of reflection.
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Placing flowers and ghost bikes along our streets gives reminders of death, not life. Reminders of death cause fear and we should not give power to fear/death. A community mourns when someone has tragically been struck,without such reminders. It is tragic to stress death rather than life. Memorials everywhere places death everywhere.
Death is everywhere and is coming to us all. The wise person thinks about it often so as to ensure his time alive is well spent. Provisions have to be made for the end, like a will. It iss not something to hide under the rug.
I do not hide from death, it just does not exist for me. I believe in Jesus and Life. I keep Jesus in my thoughts so as to prepare for my life continuing, not death.
What about all the rusted bikes throughout the cities that have missing tires and are locked to telephone poles & fences? What is the meaning of those ones?
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