Life As A Mortal - You Have to Embrace that Fact

Let’s talk about death in order to improve the way we live. Life is only temporary. No one can deny that fact. It is beneficial to think about our own dying to recognize what life is – a gift. But we see death as “the monster”.


There really is no greater mystery in life than death. We don’t know what happens at the moment of death. Maybe if we knew we might let go of life more easily? It can’t be wrong to resist death to the end. Yet accepting death and living truly at the same time is a conundrum for many. Are we afraid of being dead? 


We often say that someone dying younger than “old” has had life unfairly taken from them. But anyone can die at any age. Is the issue death to the person who is dying or death or is about those left behind?


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When someone you love dearly dies, it is natural to feel horrific grief.  The best thing would be able to get your head around the fact that you had that person in your life – and celebrate that fact. No one promised how long your gift of that person would be a part of your life.  Work to celebrate the time that you did have with one another. 


 DEATH IS NOT A MONSTER!  LIFE IS A GIFT!

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DEATH TAKES US AT DIFFERENT AGES AND IN DIFFERENT WAYS

it is true that we all die – that death is our commonality. Yet humans die very different deaths. Some die at younger ages and some at older. And the deaths seem to involve very different types and degrees of pain. It is harder yet to get your head around an infant who is shot dead by a crazy person driving down the street haphazardly shooting. It is even difficult to understand the 40 year old who dies from cancer. But does any of that knowledge make accepting your own death any easier?

It might have been Woody Allen who said that he was fine with death – as long as it wasn’t his own. He is attributed to saying “Death; I’m totally against it.”

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