My last post dealt with death and getting your Advance Directive done. Did you do it?
We were back into another workshop on death this past weekend. I am grateful that this work helps me focus on what matters. This poem helps me do that as well.
HELD, NOT HEALED
Stop trying to heal yourself, fix yourself,
even awaken yourself.
Stop trying to Fast-Forward the movie of your life.
Let go of 'letting go'.
Healing is not a destination.
Be here.
I spent a day this past weekend co-leading a workshop on death with my friend and teacher, Chris Price. Usually, we hold a four-day, in-person workshop that spends time on the practical and emotional aspects of death, such as having proxies, an Advance Directive, and the personal experience of facing death with awareness. Of course, this year, we won’t gather in person. We won’t be sitting in a circle, able to support one another as we grapple with how we want to die. We are now experimenting with how to do this on Zoom.
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The current pandemic has shown us the truth of the modern battlefield, nothing could have painted the picture more clearly. The doctors, nurses, paramedics, and researchers are our first, and frankly only, line of defense against the onslaught of our “enemies.” Viruses, superbugs, and antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been on a steady rampage across the world, and COVID-19 still caught us entirely by surprise. We should have seen it coming, many did, but we, as a people, did not.
