Our priorities shift as we see the horizon of life that is the
threshold of death...
threshold of death...
Joan Halifax
Zen Buddhist
Director of Upaya Center
Author of Being with Dying
Zen Buddhist
Director of Upaya Center
Author of Being with Dying
~
At the end of life or if we become sick, [or in the aging process]
we begin to let go of the roles that previously offered significance,
status and definition; the losses of position, responsibilities,
self-image, etc. We become informed by internal rather than external
concerns. How we work with these losses and still find meaning
will shape and inform how we close our lives...
we begin to let go of the roles that previously offered significance,
status and definition; the losses of position, responsibilities,
self-image, etc. We become informed by internal rather than external
concerns. How we work with these losses and still find meaning
will shape and inform how we close our lives...
Claire B. Willis LICSW
From - Lasting Words
~
I interviewed a woman who was terminally ill.
'So', I tried delicately to ask, 'What is it like to wake up every
morning and know that you are dying?
morning and know that you are dying?
'Well', she responded, 'What is it like to wake up every morning
and pretend that you are not?'"
and pretend that you are not?'"
-unknown
