Tag: mortality
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I Don’t Want to Have Just Visited This World
Sometimes a beautiful and unexpected path begins with something as ordinary as clicking on an email. A couple of weeks ago, an email from Grateful Living landed in my inbox inviting me to an online workshop called Grateful Aging: The Wisdom of New Beginnings. At 57, the subject of aging interests me for more than…
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Mojo Monday ~ Impermanence
Impermanence expresses the Buddhist notion that everything is constantly in flux. Cultivating an acceptance of the transitory nature of our current situation helps us deal with change and loss. On January 8, 2010 Sharon Marroquin received a phone call that informed her she had breast cancer. Twenty-six months, three surgeries, sixteen chemotherapy treatments and thirty…
