Willy's Bucket List: The Seven Deadly Sins for Fun And For Profit.

By Phil Wheeler

William J. Demeter received the news of his death with the same stoicism that he demonstrated in all areas of his life. When the doctor told him that he had pancreatic cancer he accepted it with stoic resolve, and when the doctor told him he had only six months left to live he accepted that news the same way.

It was only after rereading Voltaire's Candide that doubts started to creep in. The question hadn't crossed his mind in many years, in fact it had laid long buried in his subconscious for most of his adult life, but the genie had been re-released and could not be put back into the bottle with any success - “if God is both All-powerful and Good, why is there evil in the world? As Voltaire had railed against Pope's “Clear truth that what is, is right” and Leibnitz’s belief that “this was the best of all possible worlds” Willy now rebelled against his own mind and philosophy, and he made a decision.

With the time left to him he would do what he had spent a lifetime denying – he would have some fun! With that thought in his mind Willy's Bucket List was created. “If I am going to die soon then what is the point of denying myself anything that would make that time more pleasant?”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Phil Wheeler
• Release date: Mar 19, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310820762

Phil Wheeler

Phil is an old man living in a trailer. He likes to write about things, but his memory is going, so who knows how much longer before his kids put him in a home.

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Willy's Bucket List:

The Seven Deadly Sins for fun and profit

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Copyright 2014 Phil Wheeler

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William J. Demeter received the news of his death with the same stoicism that he demonstrated in all areas of his life. His philosophy had always been simple and to the point: Life was the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint; a wise man should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submissive to natural law. More over: All life was pain and hardship; if something was going to happen it was most likely not