Learning from the Dying

You definitely can learn a lot from the dying and consciously living as though your days are numbered...you don't just learn about them but also yourself.

The issue when facing with the dying especially a loved one is extremely difficult. Attachments make us an incompetent active listener to them and addressing their fears as what they really are. As much as they want to hear sugar coated truths that might give them the hope to hold on and live, at the same time, they would need the truth of what really lies ahead and with that, hopefully they would be balanced and courageous enough where they could deal with it accordingly and embrace their last moments to make them (even more) meaningful moments (if they don't have any yet) to their lives with compassion, true acceptance and be free from the fears of death. It is a difficult journey and it is an inevitable one.

Have you ever thought how you would like/want to spend your last moments if you could choose it knowing that death's door is near? Scary thought but definitely a worthy thought provoking journey and the true answers lie within your heart.

 Published on: Jul 10, 2008 @ 13:36