“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
Friday, August 4, 2017
Dreams and visions of the dying
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Take a self-compassion break
Kristen Neff explains the 3 components of self-compassion. Click here to take a Self-Compassion Break.
Sunday, July 9, 2017
The veil is thin between this world and the next
A beautiful testimony from a hospice worker about what being with the dying
has taught her about the afterlife.
Sunday, April 30, 2017
To be a genius, think like a 94 year old
You can be creative at any age. Read about John Goodenough, who has filed a patent for a new battery at the age of 94.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
How to find meaning in the face of death
"The psychiatrist William Breitbart lives at the edge of life and death. As chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Breitbart specializes in end-of-life care for terminally ill cancer patients. For many of his patients, the most pressing question isn’t when they’ll die or how painful death will be. Rather, it’s what makes life meaningful. They are in search of a meaning that cannot be destroyed by death." Is there one? Read on....
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