“Here’s your purchase sir, that’s $14.95 from a $20, a nickel makes $15, and $5 makes $20.”
Counting change is a game where you start with the end in mind. What about starting or at least being aware of life with the end in mind, because life does end, it’s a round trip.
If I knew the end of this life was tomorrow, or today, say after lunch would I:
Repent? Rue the moment? Regret and moan to the end?
Or
Find my attention quite expansive?
Express emotions of gratitude?
Would my mind become curious and very interested?
Would I be kinder & nicer?
Repent? Rue the moment? Regret and moan to the end?
Or
Find my attention quite expansive?
Express emotions of gratitude?
Would my mind become curious and very interested?
Would I be kinder & nicer?
A philosopher and teacher from the last century wrote in the epic 1238 pages of All And Everything “the sole means now for the saving of the beings of the planet Earth would be to implant …a new organ…that everyone of those unfortunates during the process of existence should constantly sense and be cognizant of the inevitability of his own death as well as the death of everyone upon who his eyes or attention rests.”
A best selling anthropologist referred to death constantly being over a spiritual warriors shoulder in his many books.
Simon and Garfunkle sang “So I’ll continue to pretend, My life will never end.”
Robbie Robertson, Bob Dylan’s first electric guitarist picked up the theme on The Native American album with the chant, “It’s a good day to die.”
Put life on the line.
Give your life everything.
What do I have to lose?
These clichéd lines of motivation to not hold back, to get in the flow, to be all you can be, to leave it all on the court, are real.
Mainstream wisdom from the righteous right to the liberal left encourage us to be here now, to worship the moment.
I have an old friend who took this seriously; I mean dying is serious business, a business worthy of paying attention too.
Being present to what we love. Family, friends and this moment. To go beyond our habits and inhabit the thoughts of how do I want to be when I die?
How do I want to be as I live?
We heard of the ‘Bucket List.”
Put life on the line.
Give your life everything.
What do I have to lose?
These clichéd lines of motivation to not hold back, to get in the flow, to be all you can be, to leave it all on the court, are real.
Mainstream wisdom from the righteous right to the liberal left encourage us to be here now, to worship the moment.
I have an old friend who took this seriously; I mean dying is serious business, a business worthy of paying attention too.
Being present to what we love. Family, friends and this moment. To go beyond our habits and inhabit the thoughts of how do I want to be when I die?
How do I want to be as I live?
We heard of the ‘Bucket List.”
Those things to experience even appreciate before we kick the bucket,
BUT
Is there a cool way to go?
Would you rather go
“MAKING LOVE or MAKING WAR?
“Leave ‘em guessing or Leave ‘em Groaning?*
“Making a Difference or Making an Alibi?
“Trailblazing or Covering Your Tracks?
“Full of Passion or Full of Pills?
What’s a cool way to go?
“Laughing or Litigating?
“Singing or Screaming?
“Praying or Cursing?”
“Loving or Blaming?”
BUT
Is there a cool way to go?
Would you rather go
“MAKING LOVE or MAKING WAR?
“Leave ‘em guessing or Leave ‘em Groaning?*
“Making a Difference or Making an Alibi?
“Trailblazing or Covering Your Tracks?
“Full of Passion or Full of Pills?
What’s a cool way to go?
“Laughing or Litigating?
“Singing or Screaming?
“Praying or Cursing?”
“Loving or Blaming?”
The author and guru of Death and Dying Elisabeth Kubler-Ross wrote her way, “At home with lots of flowers, a large window and grandchildren playing by the bed.”
“
It’s never too late to die.”
If you’re not appreciating this moment, what are you doing?
It’s never too late to die.”If you’re not appreciating this moment, what are you doing?
*101 Cool Ways to Die By Douglas Gillies
Namaste Gary
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