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“No one ever asks us if we want to be alive, doc. It just happens. Why wouldn’t it be the same with death? We’re always getting things we don’t ask for.”

Death Dying Death And Dying Creative Dying

Book:The Institute for Creative Dying

Source: The Institute for Creative Dying

“She thought about their time at Bridge Builders Hospice: how people passed through those bedrooms like ghosts on wrecked rowboats, incapable of redirecting course from the approaching cliff. She had witnessed it many times: the moment dying became a letting, and the currents plunged their patients, headfirst, into waterfalls so misty it was like sailing through cloud. Resist it nor not, it made no difference.”

Dying Hospice Creative Dying

Book:The Institute for Creative Dying

Source: The Institute for Creative Dying

“Dianne, when you’re reconciled to the reality that you have been dying, that death is the condition of your survival, your growth, the very earth you walk on… you feel a shift, an appreciation.”

Death Growth Dying Survival Creative Dying

Book:The Institute for Creative Dying

Source: The Institute for Creative Dying

“Comfort is one of our top priorities. The best decisions are made from a position of comfort.” I looked down a little, looking back the way I came. “Fear is normal,” says Mustafa, noticing my slacked pace. “If you’d like to turn back now, you’re welcome to. This isn’t Sodom and Gomorrah.” His body faces forward, but his face is turned back to me. “I don’t want to be afraid.”

Fear Comfort Creative Dying

Book:The Institute for Creative Dying

Source: The Institute for Creative Dying

“This was the difference between cured and healed, she thought. One you leave behind, another you live with.”

Book:The Institute for Creative Dying

Source: The Institute for Creative Dying

“Being here reminds me of the immensity that’s oddly quite comforting. Depending on what story you’re telling. The supercluster of galaxies that we’re part of – Laniakea – has given us these few billions of years, to play.” “What does Laniakea mean?” “Immeasurable heaven.”

Book:The Institute for Creative Dying

Source: The Institute for Creative Dying