Most of us live as if death does not exist for us. Death is a taboo subject. We ignore it, we don't like to talk about it and therefore we like to overhear it. But death, like birth, is an inseparable part of life, which we are terribly afraid of. BJ Miller, who provides palliative care, that is, care that holistically treats patients with an incurable disease and offers help to their loved ones, knows what it means when death knocks on your door, but at the same time, he knows how to prepare patients for the world. Take the time to check out what it has to say about what we humans think about death and what we really want at the end of life's journey.
So let's start at the beginning. For most people the worst thing is not to be dead, but to die, to suffer. Which is a significant difference. Unfortunately, this path is a path that almost all of us have to walk. But it doesn't have to be dark corridors, where strange sounds come from afar, where you can hardly see anything, where the walls are damp and where we just wait for someone to come after us. No, because there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Compassion or in other words common suffering.
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Compassion is exactly what most people want at the end of life. Comfort, respect and love. Which are not pious wishes. Leaving is therefore not necessarily a terrible thing, but it is important to know that it is status and money in the end, our journeys are not worth a penny compared to family and friends. So decide now what is really important to you in life, so that you don't end up alone.
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