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As recently as 1945, most deaths occurred in the home. By the 1980s, just 17 percent did. Those who somehow did die at home likely died too suddenly to make it to the hospital—say, from a massive heart attack, stroke, or violent injury—or were too isolated to get somewhere that could provide help. Across not just the United States but also the enti
... See moreA Beginner’s Guide to the End: How to Live Life to the Full and Die a Good Death
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It is this death that allows our limited time in this impermanent body to flourish, and that enables us to live intimately with ourselves and with one another.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche • In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
It was an embrace as tender and gentle as I have ever seen. Judy died the next morning, in the arms of her beloved.
Gary Smith • Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor
However, cultivating gratitude for difficult people and experiences doesn’t feel “natural.” It certainly isn’t easy. Nor is it required in the work of holding space. We can still be compassionately and mindfully present to what is, even if “what is” is something that we would never wish to know. It is often terribly difficult to be open to grief an
... See moreAmy Wright Glenn • Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go
“Yet it is this awareness of the closeness of death, of the beauty inherent in each moment, that allows us to endure. Mono no aware, my son, is an empathy with the universe. It is the soul of our nation.
Ken Liu • The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
We are acknowledging that we are all in the same business of coping with suffering and finding out what it means to be fully human.
Barry Magid • Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide
She is yelling. She is raging. I listen. “I am so angry. So angry! I hate this,” she repeats. My task in this moment is to mirror back to her the emotional storm at hand. This way I can honor both her anger and her grief. At best, she has days to live and she craves decades more. I try to sit in her hell.