At the end of every day, I look at the New York Times site on my phone, just to see what craziness has happened in the past 14 hours. This evening I came across this opinion piece and it moved me to tears. Please read it. Not because you need to know how to die, but because it's about love and life and sometimes the end of our days. Almost every line, every sentence, could be taken out of context and praised for its beauty, clarity and truth. Just this one sentence should compel you to click on the link below: As a connecting force, love makes a person much more resistant to obliteration.
A very good friend lost her mother a few days ago, not from Covid, but from old age, dementia, other things. But talking to Kara about her Mom's death opened that door to the discussion of dying, of our immortality. Talking about death means talking about life at the same time. Realizing that you are alive means acknowledging that you still have choices, you can appreciate life and you can be ready for death. Not ready for sudden death but ready to release the fear of death. We are mortal. We will die. How we live until that time is what's important.
Please read this and think about it and share it with others. (If it doesn't link when clicking on it, copy and paste into your browser or simply go to nytimes.com and find it in the Opinion section,) I found it to be profoundly moving and very important for all of us, old and young, healthy and not. Death isn't a mystery. It's a fact. But it doesn't need to be put in a box and stored in a dark corner.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-death.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
Yes. Yes. Yes. Great article. I saw it in the Times but had not read it. Now I have. Thank you:)
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