“Put a bird on your shoulder. That's what the Buddhists do. Just imagine a little bird on your shoulder and every day you say, ‘Is this the day I'm going to die, little bird? Am I leading the life I want to lead? Am I the person that I want to be?’ If we accept the fact that we can die at any time, we'd lead our lives differently. So every day you say, ‘Is this the day?’” ~ from the book "Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Luminous at the end
UCC minister Anthony B. Robinson tells the story of his sister's last 40 days in this moving article from The Christian Century: Luminous at the end
