— Frederick Buechner ‘As Philip Yancey wrote, Buechner “tries to reawaken the child in people: the one who naïvely trusts, who will at least go and look for the magic place, who is not ashamed of not knowing the answers because he is not expected to know the answers.”’ ”One of Buechner’s often cited observations
Tag: Death
Once we acknowledge that limited time is remaining, although we don’t know if that is years, weeks, or hours, we are less driven by ego or by what other people think. Instead, we are more driven by what our hearts truly want. Acknowledging our inevitable, approaching death offers us the opportunity to find greater purpose and satisfaction in the time we have remaining
— Bronnie Ware from ”Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing.” Top five regrets of the dying “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.” “I wish I’d had the
Nothing passes through the great wall of death. Whether you’re a billionaire or a homeless person, everything goes to null in the face of the great equalizer. The only thing you may be able to preserve is a legacy, but that legacy is for other conscious minds to perceive, which is no longer a luxury you have upon hitting that wall
— https://moretothat.com/the-nothingness-of-money/ ”… For most people, the Nothingness of Money strikes when the finish line is a few yards away. A terminal diagnosis is delivered. An appointment is made at a hospice center. A deathbed is prepared. In this moment, a pursuit that once seemed all-consuming fades into the background. All that matters are the
Flowers and leaves are just like people, really…
— Byeong-man Jo, 98 year old husband in documentary movie “My Love, Don’t Cross That River” 1 hour 15 minutes in ”… Come spring, the leaf sprouts. Come summer, it grows big, soaking up the rain. By autumn, the frost makes them fall, though. People are no different. We’re young, like sprouting leaves. Then we
“García Lorca sought the sharp experience of life that is realized only by a heightened awareness of our own mortality.”
— Alex Green “… He said the best art reminds us that we are all living “on the rim of the well.”
Mourning is the price we pay for having the courage to love others
— From Book “A Matter of Death and Life”