I think the real message might be to live each moment of each day of our lives with as much wisdom and balance as we are able to muster.
At times of great tragedy, loss of loved ones, illness, etc. the more mundane and petty aspects of our daily lives, which consume a disproportionate measure of our thoughts and energies, tend to get pushed aside as the more important issues come into sharper focus.
I once had a close call rock climbing and the experience recalibrated my whole life. Mostly, I am content to wake up each day, in a free country, draw breath, drink clean water, have access to nourishing food, have a loving wife and a few close friends, live in a democracy and of course, enjoy the camaraderie found right here on IceIn Space, such that if the whole shebang ends in 2012, I probably will not feel that I have terribly missed out on anything.
How long has someone claimed that the end of the world is nigh? As long as I have been alive and probably a lot longer As long as the Sun shines above the horizon tomorrow, who cares I am not going to worry about it!
Man I thought someone else posted my posts in here. I thought I cant remember posting this, until I seen the dates lol
The truth below
edit: Just finished reading the link lol
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lives an ancient bird called the Xylxacyxjan. Don't bother trying to pronounce it, it is a word inaudible to the human ear, though worth a ton of points in Scrabble™
The following are quotes from the site below.
It expresses my views to a tee. I believe the doomsayers have blown it out of proportion.
As depicted in joe_smith's cartoon the calender "ran out of space"
this mesoamerican calendar (as used by several cultures -- including the Maya -- in Central and South America before European colonization) does not predict an apocalypse. It never did,
proving that the world isn't going to end is bad for business if you have a doomsday book to sell
As long as the Sun shines above the horizon tomorrow, who cares
I am not going to worry about it! 
