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No harm in hoping, I suppose.
Hasn’t worked that way for me yet, but you never know.
Likewise. Death preoccupies me almost constantly, it is the backbeat to my life and imagine I am no more reconciled to it than someone who doesn’t give it a moments thought. Hey ho. Might just try to become Buddha via excessive eating.
I can’t imagine being reconciled to death, but I can imagine that reflecting on the end of life, re-adjusting to its inevitable reality, enables one to face it more calmly. I’ve a friend who teaches mindfulness meditation, and she has embarked on a project to prepare for her own death. It seems to me Ru that being preoccupied with death, which given your profession and the dedication with which you pursue it, is I guess inevitable. But directly seeking to address the fear of death, seeking to come to terms with the reality of human mortality, is a different matter from being preoccupied with it. I think – I’m finding – that it takes a lot of time and re-iterative attention. And it may do strange and rewarding things to one’s ego.
Well, this is a huge topic and best addressed over a bottle of good Pinot Noir.
I’ll get the glasses!
Cheers Jenny, here’s to The Reaper, friend of life.
This works too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqihaEPq_lY&sns=em
that and a Moscow Mule!
Good one Evelyn. As Ru says, funeral professionals about death a LOT but that doesn’t mean we can happily accept it as the next great adventure. Not today thank you.