“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
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
On living
Hospice Chaplain, Kerry Egan, has compiled a book of advice from her patients on how to live. “If there is any great difference between the people who know they are
dying and the rest of us, it’s this: They know they’re running out of
time. They have more motivation to do the things they want to do, and to
become the person they want to become. . . . There’s nothing stopping
you from acting with the same urgency the dying feel.” If there is one
thing death teaches us, it’s how to live.Click here to read more in the New York Times review of her book, On Living.
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