title: Death Two weeks ago, my friend's dad passed away. To this day, the thought still gives me goosebumps. It happened too fast. Her dad was in Cebu, and she was in camp with me. She had to go home to fly to Cebu. Turns out, her dad had a stroke and passed away and the entire family couldn't make it in time. That must have been really devastating and afflictive. They weren't able to say goodbye to him and stand next to him on his death bed.
When death comes knocking at your door, it's inevitable. It brings grief to many people. I gathered some quotes by Morrie Schwartz. I guess you can say today's post's topic is death. Some of these are very good quotes. Not all of them are exactly about death. Some of them simply are bits of wisdom about how to spend your time on earth. I dedicate this post to those who have lost their loved ones, and to those who are grieving, woeful, and distressed. "Spend your life here investing in people, making memories, having good times with them and sharing yourself, then you never really do go away. I mean, you're not physically here, but you know, you're here, you're up here. But if you spend your time working and you spend your time trying to make money, you don't make those memories, you don't live on inside somebody after you're gone." "Once you know how to die, you know how to live." "Why does silence make people so uneasy? Why do people only find comfort when they're filling the air with words?" "How do you spare people's feelings by denying them?" "Death ends a life, not a relationship." "Dying is the only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else. Love wins. Love always wins." "Money is not a substitute for tenderness." "Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Develop the capacity to accept gracefully the things you are not able to do." "Reminisce about the past, but don't live in it. Remember the past with warm feelings." "Be occupied or focused on things and issues that are of interest to you. Remain passionately involved in them." "Take in as much joy as you can whenever and however you can. You may find it in unpredictable places." "Maintain your composure with high spirits, inner peace, self respect, and self esteem." "See and accept yourself as part of nature. Remember that it is natural to conclude your living by dying. Accept your mortality and try to leave this world with inner peace." "Forgive yourself. Forgive others. Don't wait." "You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean." "What's wrong with being Number Two?" "Imagine there's a bird on your shoulder and every day you ask it: "Is today the day that I die? Am I ready? Am I living the life I want to live? Am I being the person I want to be?"" "Never do work that uses, hurts or degrades people. Never make money off the sweat and pain of others." "The tension of opposites. We learn from what hurts us, as much as what loves us." |
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