When someone passes away we often feel increased permission to get real, be vulnerable, and to focus on what’s most important (not the ego-based fear, comparison, and self-criticism that often runs our lives). I enjoy them because there is a powerful consciousness which often surrounds death. I’ve always appreciated memorial services, even when I’ve been in deep pain and grief over the death of someone close to me. Knowing that our human experience is limited and that at some mysterious point in the future our physical body will die, is both sobering and liberating. To live like you’re going to die.Ĭontemplating death in a conscious way doesn’t have to freak us out. While for some of us this may seem uncomfortable, undesirable, or even scary – think how liberating it would be to face the reality of death. The concept itself can be intimidating and goes against so much of what we obsess about (youth, productivity, vitality, results, beauty, improvement, the future, etc.).īut what if we embraced death, talked about it more, and shared our own vulnerable thoughts, feelings, and questions about it? Why You Should Live Like You’re Going to Die We have a lot of strange notions about death in our culture. I sometimes worry that it’s too weird, intense, or scary to talk about death or that it’s somehow a bad omen to do so. I do catch myself worrying about dying sometimes more often than I’d like to admit, especially when I think about Michelle and our daughters, Samantha and Rosie. My own fears about death (mine and others) often force me to avoid thinking about it all together. I don’t live my life all that consciously aware of my own death. We just don’t act like it.Īs simple as this thought is, it is extremely profound for me. I used to wonder what it’s like to know you’re going to die – but then I realized that we’re all going to die. The reality of death is, of course, both obvious and daunting for most of us. As much as we don’t like to think about it or talk about it, the fact is, we’re all going to die one day.
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