As the news flashed across the screen, “230 Dead in Club Fire” I sat remembering five years ago when I unzipped two small body bags. I remembered the smell. The smell that lacks a comparison; a smell that sticks to your clothes; a smell so permeating that your piss smells like it for days after. […]
The following is some of the key text from a TEDx lecture called “Rethinking the Bucket List”. It’s presented by Kathleen Taylor who is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, who directs the community engagement function of a large nonprofit hospice program: People always ask me, “How could you enjoy your job … how could you […]
Key quote: “Preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life.”
I’ve often heard it said that we fear dying more than we fear death. Death takes little time, but dying … it’s unpredictable and unfamiliar and can take months and years. I think we can quell our fear of dying, but not until we recognize why we fear dying. Here are five reasons we […]
This from http://aaroncollins.org/. Aaron was the type of person that took great joy in unexpected kindness. Once after receiving exceptionally bad service at dinner, from a rude waitress, he left her a $50 tip. Things like this, given or received, were what he thought left a mark on a person’s life. Aaron passed away July […]