{"id":31905,"date":"2020-05-28T23:38:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T04:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=31905"},"modified":"2020-05-28T23:38:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T04:38:33","slug":"the-alien-observer-if-i-die-before-i-wake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=31905","title":{"rendered":"The Alien Observer:<br\/> If I die before I wake&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31906\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got the news Thursday afternoon that someone I knew had died in his sleep a couple of nights ago. His death left me thinking about how the people around me take care of themselves \u2014 or don\u2019t take care of themselves. And it left me thinking about myself and what this tendency toward \u201cslow suicide\u201d says about all of us.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Click or tap the \u201cplay\u201d button to listen. The Alien Observer has been submitted to podcast directories and will be available at all the major sites soon. 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