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Category Archives: Death
Dying without ever having lived
The Dalai Lama was once asked what surprised him most about humankind. He replied that it was man, because he sacrifices his health to make money, then sacrifices his money to get his health back. And then he is so … Continue reading
‘But the work shall not be wholly lost’
I like reading the inscriptions on tombstones. Often they speak of sadness, sometimes of futility, and sometimes of hope for something better. Some people even compose their own. Benjamin Franklin was one. The epitaph he wrote for himself says: ‘The … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Epitaphs, Hope, Hope of Glory, Life, Life's journey
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, rich inner life
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‘Everyone needs to write their own obituary’
Most of us live our lives in the tension between our desire to live the good life and our desire to be good people. Nowhere is this tension more obvious than in newspapers – in the advertisements and the obituaries. … Continue reading
Posted in Accomplishments, accountability, Achievement, Death, Life, Life's journey, Life's lessons, Obituaries, re-evaluating life, Reflecting, Reputation
Tagged Alfred Nobel
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‘Teach us to number our days’
Bonnie Weir, a hospice nurse, whose specialist expertise is in caring for patients in the last twelve weeks of life, says that people facing death often develop very deep insights into life. Amongst things people say they wish they’d done, … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Life, Life's journey, Life's lessons, Looking ahead, Wisdom
Tagged anxiety, futility
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Just the end of the prologue to the book of life
An old friend phoned me once to tell me his ninety year old father had died. His dad was a wonderful old man, whose life had been spent doing those two things Jesus said true spirituality is about – loving … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Faith, God, Life, Life's journey
Tagged Meaning in Life, peace with one's self, rich inner life
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Going out with a bang
Gordon Bergin, an ordained minister from Minnesota, decided that he’d like to out with a bang. So he arranged for his funeral to be part of the Independance Day fireworks display. His ashes flew several hundred feet into the air … Continue reading
Gambling my soul
I heard about a bit of anti-religious graffiti quoting the philosopher Nietsche. It said: ‘God is dead – Nietsche.’ But then someone added another line which said: ‘Neitsche is dead – God.’ Which line had it right do you think? … Continue reading
Posted in Death, God, Spiritual blindness, Spiritual discernment, Spiritual Insight
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Atheism and Faith, God is dead, Hope, Nietsche, Pascal
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When the fog disappears the truth appears
It’s said that the outcome of the epic Battle of Waterloo was communicated by a system of flashing lights in church steeples, stretching from Waterloo to Calais and across the English Channel to Dover and on to London. The message … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Death, Defeated, Despair, Faith, Jesus, Life, Resurrection, Victory
Tagged Fog, Hope, Waterloo, Wellington
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Which way did he go?
There’s an epitaph on a headstone outside an English parish church that says: ‘Behold all you who pass by, for as you are so once was I; and as I am so you will be; prepare yourself to follow me.’ … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Eternity, Judgement, Kingdom of God, Knowing God, Life's journey, Spiritual Insight
Tagged anxiety, Epitaph, faith, Hope
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