tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post2116551873499756445..comments2023-10-10T10:43:44.424-04:00Comments on cheaper than therapy: happy thoughtsDJ Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597363296679699935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-37044478565193822542008-09-17T20:19:00.000-04:002008-09-17T20:19:00.000-04:00American denial of death and insistence on the rew...American denial of death and insistence on the rewards of afterlife for the "righteous" have led to choices which actually denigrate the present life (especially lives not our own). <BR/><BR/>Steven Levine has a wonderful little book, A YEAR TO LIVE, which I think would be a good companion to all, but especially to hospice workers..<BR/><BR/>Many blessings and thank you for your ongoing blog. I check in at least a couple of times a week. Mimi ReidAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513490895840680769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-63424204085948528722008-09-17T08:40:00.000-04:002008-09-17T08:40:00.000-04:00I hope you'll write more about this, as long as it...I hope you'll write more about this, as long as it doesn't negatively affect your job situation. Because I think you're really on to something here with facing our own mortality, and I'd benefit from hearing more.<BR/><BR/>In fact, just last night I was raving about another author who has really encouraged me in this direction, to the frozen stares and barely concealed horror of my conversation partners. But it's true-- thinking about death and our own death brings peace, and purpose and yes, even happiness. <BR/><BR/>Oh, btw, the author I was referencing is poet and funeral director Thomas Lynch. I'm happy to send you some of his (gently used) books if death's remunerative compensation has not equalled death's spiritual compensation for you as of yet. ;-)Mike Stavlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00834095663011794120noreply@blogger.com