By Joan Halifax — 2019
The most profound meditation, says Joan Halifax, is contemplating the certainty of your own death.
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Death is a part of life, and so are the funerals and memorial services held to mark an individual’s passing. But when we’re called upon to speak at these occasions, many of us are at a loss for words.
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The time between diagnosis and death presents an opportunity for “extraordinary growth.”
This is written for the person with advanced cancer, but it can be helpful to the people who care for, love, and support this person, too.
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When I got sick, I warned my friends: Don’t try to make me stop thinking about death.