COVID-19 has made me and many of my generation not only careful but cautious. While young people have responded to the opening up of the city and the province with a joy super-charged by release from enforced isolation, folks like me are still holding back.
Lillian knew without a doubt that she and been warned about her husband’s impending death, but no matter what she did, she could not change the course of destiny.
No matter our religious or spiritual background, we each have our own mix of flavours, values, traumas and opportunities that make us unique in who we are, how we live and how we relate to our faith and others.
Failure to address the myths, misconceptions and misinformation about dying results in misguided decision making, decreased quality of life, and worsening suffering when our time comes.
We are Pavlov’s dogs salivating at the ding of each notification, scrolling through the lives of those we know and many we don’t until we buy something or fall asleep, whichever comes first.
