Death---It's a Living

Tuesday, 15 January 2013 15:08

CNBC is airing the hour-long documentary "Death, It's a Living," on Thursday, January 31 (check your local listings). FCA executive director Josh Slocum is interviewed as a critic of the funeral industry. The piece looks at embalming, funeral trade shows, cremation, cemeteries, and more. A two-minute preview shows what looks like a pretty entertaining hour of TV. 

 

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Dying to Live or Living Until You Die?

Dying to Live or Living Until You Die?

Some “live for today” words of wisdom that arrived in the email inbox from Cousin Sandy. Living and dying are intertwined. Are you getting the most out of your life?

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay  ‘them.’

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it’s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: ?Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

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A Short Video on Living and Dying

A Short Video on Living and Dying

In the midst of teaching a workshop with doctors and nurses on the subject of compassion, Frank Ostaeseski had a heart attack. This led to a triple bypass surgery and a close brush with death. It was a real-life lesson in living and dying.

This short video features the founder of the Metta Institute suggesting we don’t take life for granted and live deeply and fully. He offers some great thoughts on how precarious and precious our time alive is. Don’t waste a moment.

Good advice! Check it out.

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