Michael Jackson (50) and Farah Fawcett (62) both died today (6/25/09). Whether you liked them or not, both were fairly young. Deaths like this remind us that life can be short. After I turned 50, my experience is that mortality slaps me increasingly harder every year.
Presently, I have two friends (ages 66 and 36) who are fighting cancer. My parents have been dead for years. My wife has not only lost her parents, but also both her brother and her sister.
What does our mortality try to teach us?
1.That we don't know how much time we have on earth.
2.To be grateful for our health and other blessings.
3.To love and to treat others well.
4.To try to live life to the fullest.
5.To live in moderation and with a healthy lifestyle.
6.For those of us with a spiritual practice, to do just that. PRACTICE it it!
More personally, I think God is trying to remind me to stop my whining about insignificant things.
In the immortal words of Bill and Ted, “Be EXCELLENT to each other!”
Best wishes,
Mike
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Mike, although I'm late in seeing this blog entry, I can relate to getting slapped with mortality a lot this year. Your list here is excellent.
THANKS Deah. I'm sorry. Mike
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