Death Acceptance Wisdom

Table of Contents

• Mindful Living
• Preparation for Death
• Embracing Mortality
• Living Fully
• Legacy and Impact
• Peaceful Passing
• Death as a Teacher
• Facing Death with Courage
• Acceptance and Letting Go
• Other

Mindful Living

Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.

Live life so well that, even if you die, the empty seats behind you will tell the story that, "yea, this soul did what God sent him/her to do". Give life and hope into your family, village, community, country, continent and the world at large. You can do it!

There is no remedy for death—or birth—except to hug the spaces in between. Live loud. Live wide. Live tall.

At the end of you life, if you can say to yourself, "When I die, someone is better off because I lived," then you have accomplished your mission. You can rest peacefully.

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.

As soon as we understand death we shall begin to live with a sense of duty.

You can choose when and when not to be stopped... Choose to be stopped after you die... when your work is done and done well.

While you live, do not forget that death will come a day which you do not know.

The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.

If living is a school (which it is), then dying isn't an elective (and its not). Live your eulogy. Don't wait for someone else to offer it up.

Look at that house, so quiet and willing. If there is a good way to die, that's it out there. Graceful and calm in the face of inevitability. It feels generous, almost. Beauty and reassurances are not for ourselves. Of course death will come. And of course there is no good way to die. There is no peace. A weight will not lift. A leaf will not fall. But we can pretend.

You shouldn't be wasting your time worrying about what's going to happen after you die. It's pointless. Think about what's happening now. In your life. That's what's important. So change the subject, will you

Death is integral to the process of Life. When your time is up, when your number is called, you have to go. You can never negotiate with death. Yet, don’t fear it. Celebrate it! Being conscious and aware of your unavoidable, impending, death helps you immensely. It keeps you away from postponing your Happiness and encourages you to live a meaningful, purposeful, happy, contented Life.

Preparation for Death

You are a beautiful person, Doctor. Clearheaded. Strong. But you seem always to be dragging your heart along the ground. From now on, little by little, you must prepare yourself to face death. If you devote all of your future energy to living, you will not be able to die well. You must begin to shift gears, a little at a time. Living and dying are, in a sense, of equal value."--Nimit in "Thailand

If I had my life to live over again, I would form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practice, as it were, the remembrance of death. There is not another practice which so intensifies life. Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life.

Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it.... So we kid ourselves about death.... But there's a better approach. To know you're going to dies, and to be prepared for it at any time....Do what the Buddhists do...ask, Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?

If I had my life over again, I would form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practice the remembrance of death.There is no other practice which so intensifies life. Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death, life is insipid. You might as well live on the whites of eggs. You might as well drink Kool-Aid

To begin depriving death of its greatest advantage over us, let us adopt a way clean contrary to that common one; let us deprive death of its strangeness, let us frequent it, let us get used to it; let us have nothing more often in mind than death... We do not know where death awaits us: so let us wait for it everywhere." "To practice death is to practice freedom. A man who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave.

We do not know where death awaits us: so let us wait for it everywhere. To practice death is to practice freedom. A man who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave.

The real question is: how can I live so that my death will be fruitful for others?

I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.

If I had my life over again I should form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practice, as it were, the remembrance of death. No other practice so intensifies life. Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one -surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death, life is insipid. You might as well live on the whites of eggs.

We 've wholly forgotten how to die. But be sure you do die nevertheless. Do your work, and finish it. If you know how to begin, you will know when to end.

None of us, in our culture of comfort, know how to prepare ourselves for dying, but that's what we should do every day. Every single day, we die a thousand deaths.

Embracing Mortality

Take solace in mortality. Those of us who live forever often forget to live.

Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.

Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you're wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.

Wherever you feel death, feel it. Don’t escape. Death is beautiful; death is the greatest mystery, more mysterious than life. Through life you can gain the world, the futile world- meaningless, worthless. Through death you can gain the eternal. Death is the door.

Be kind to everyone, And there is only one reason enough for it, The person will die one day. Every life has its own END

Do what you love or die a slow death doing what you hate

Enjoy the company of your loved ones while they are still alive. For death shall separate us, there is no meeting in the afterlife.

There is no way of stopping death, not here. You can prolong it. But at some point, it is bound to catch up to you.

When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

If this is death, let it be. If life waits for you just past your eyelids, so be it. But whatever comes your way, you must keep moving forward. Always keep moving forward.

I put my office right in the middle of the death they threaten us with. [...] here I sit, every day, hanging over all this wasted nothing. I will never forget what the world could be, should my vigilance never fail. And more than that, I will never forget that in a way we are all hanged men and hanged women, awaiting those deaths which cannot be avoided. Yet I will make sure that we live and die the way we choose for as long as we possibly can.

If you really want to know about life, just take time and listen to what the dying say.

There is no remedy for death--or birth--except to hug the spaces in between. Live loud. Live wide. Live tall.

Living Fully

Here I am...wanting to accomplish something and completely forgetting it must all end--that there is such a thing as death.

Unless you are willing to share a part of who you are, death will take everything from you. Let it not.

People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. It's too easy not to make the effort, then weep and wring your hands after the person dies. Personally, I don't buy it."Yuki leaned against the car door. "But that's real hard, isn't it?" she said."Real hard," I said. "But it's worth trying for.

The best way to die is when you're living.

Dying is not a solution.. I want to live with You..!

Do not let the mortality of a moment hold you back from living an eternity in that time.

Mr Brocklehurst: Do you know where the wicked go after death?Jane Eyre: They go to hell, was my ready and orthodox answer.. . . Mr: What must you do to avoid it? Jane: [Thinking] I deliberated a moment; my answer, when it did come was objectionable: " I must keep in good health , and not die.

Hey, if it's a good philosophy, it works. Death is imminent. Live every day like it's your last.

Follow your dreams and know that death is nothing, life is everything.

Death is integral to the process of Life. When your time is up, when your number is called, you have to go. You can never negotiate with death. Yet, don’t fear it. Celebrate it! Being conscious and aware of your unavoidable, impending, death helps you immensely. It keeps you away from postponing your Happiness and encourages you to live a meaningful, purposeful, happy, contented Life.

Remember death. Even for those who wield great power, life is brief. There is only one way to triumph over death, and that is by making our lives masterpieces. We must seize every opportunity to show kindness and to love fully.

We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love.

The best way to die is when your living

Legacy and Impact

Just consider how terrible the day of your death will beOthers will go on speaking and you will not be able to argue back

At the end of you life, if you can say to yourself, "When I die, someone is better off because I lived," then you have accomplished your mission. You can rest peacefully.

If you have designed your last day on earth, if you have decided how you wish to be thought of on your deathbed, only then can you start to plot a course to that point, to your ideal final destination.

Do not plan to die, do not plan for the death of your name or your influence - rather, plan for the resting of a life well lived. Make an eternal mark.

Most of the things to guarantee your death have already been done so you can spend the rest of your time focusing on the things that can guarantee your success and happiness.

If you wish to live, you must first attend your own funeral.

Focus on what is going with you even after death not on what is not going with you".

Be assured that any hurt to your spirit will pass in time. It is the nature of Death to take, but the nature of Life to give.

Remember death. Even for those who wield great power, life is brief. There is only one way to triumph over death, and that is by making our lives masterpieces. We must seize every opportunity to show kindness and to love fully.

I think you should live your life so that the maximum number of people will attend your funeral.

The manner of your death is not your choosing. But how you prepare for death is

Lead such a life, that, when you die, the people may mourn you, and while you are alive they long for your company.

Peaceful Passing

May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love.

Regardless of your beliefs, death is inevitable, so for the sake of your mental health, do all that you can do to make your last years of life the most enjoyable they can be.

If you are calm and peaceful during the day, your dreams will also be calm and peaceful. By extension, if your day-to-day life is peaceful and friendly, so too will be your death. That’s the best preparation for a peaceful death. If your life is filled with cruelty, fear and hatred, you will find it very difficult to die in peace.

My friends ask Allah for such death. When u depart, Allah is happy. Let it not be a death where it is like a criminal who has being recaptured and he is being cuffed and taken away. Ask Allah for a good death, and spend your life such that you are worthy of it. Such that Death becomes a mercy for us. Allah is joyous with our return.

Have patience, Margaret, and trouble not thyself. Death comes for us all; even at our birth—death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh. It is the law of nature and the will of God.

أنا عالِقٌ بَينَ حَياةٍ وَمَوتٍ I’m stuck between life and death

Sweetheart, I want you to go somewhere with your life. I know that you can do some wonderful things if you set your mind to it. You’re a smart and caring teenager. Much more mature then most seventeen year olds. But death is inevitable for everybody. No matter how much people try to fight it, it’s going to happen.” Eden looked at me with a serious expression painted on her face. “Death doesn’t suit everybody, though.

Teach me to die teach me to dieI want to create a beautiful dyingThe end will need to be dark and softLike walking home to your real mother

The most important thing is to understand the dying persons and ease their pain.

If you have anything better to be doing when death overtakes you, get to work on that.

When a poor person dies I want then to die in the arms of somebody who loves them. I want them to be able to look for the last time into the eyes of somebody who cares for them

Death as a Teacher

Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you're wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.

If I had my life to live over again, I would form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practice, as it were, the remembrance of death. There is not another practice which so intensifies life. Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life.

As soon as we understand death we shall begin to live with a sense of duty.

Strive to accomplish the supreme unchanging goal. For life is passing, and there is no certainty about the time of death. Even if you should die tomorrow, you should have confidence and be without regret.

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

To my mind, there are two things that, in life, you can do about death. Either you can choose to ignore it, in which case you may have some success in making the idea of it go away for a limited period of time, or you can confront the prospect of your own death and try to analyze it and, in so doing, try to minimize some of the inevitable suffering that it causes. Neither way can you actually overcome it.

There is no way to escape death, it is just like trying to escape by four great mountains touching sky. There is no escape from these four mountains of birth, old age, sickness and death.

Many a life has been injured by the constant expectation of death. It is life we have to do with, not death. The best preparation for the night is to work diligently while the day lasts. The best preparation for death is life.

Change the emphasis, turn your attention around. If you become concerned with death, your life comes to be revealed to you for the first time, because the moment you become at ease with death you have gained a life that cannot die. The moment you have known death, you have known that life which is eternal.

So the first thing: become aware of death. Think about it, look at it, contemplate it. Do not be afraid, do not escape the fact. It is there and you cannot escape it! It has come into existence with you.

If Christ Jesus be the periode, the end and the lodging-home at the end of your journey, there is no fear ye go to a friend . . . ye may look death in the face with joy.

Die to the past every moment. You don't need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present. Feel the power of this moment and the fullness of Being. Feel your presence.

Facing Death with Courage

When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

It’s an inconvenience, true enough, and I don’t like it at all, but I know that you do it for everyone, Mister Death. Is there any other way?’NO, THERE ISN’T, I’M AFRAID. WE ARE ALL FLOATING IN THE WINDS OF TIME. BUT YOUR CANDLE, MISTRESS WEATHERWAX, WILL FLICKER FOR SOME TIME BEFORE IT GOES OUT – A LITTLE REWARD FOR A LIFE WELL LIVED. FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT . . .

I think you should live your life so that the maximum number of people will attend your funeral.

Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.

The best way to prepare for death is to live life to its fullest.

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.

Shun death, is my advice.

Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.

I am tired with my own life and the lives of those after me, I am dying in my own death and the deaths of those after me.

If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.

To be cliché, death is a part of life and it's going to happen to all of us. I have the blessing of getting a little bit of advance notice and I am able to optimize my use of time down the home stretch.

I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100 and ask for an extension, just like my grandmother did.

Acceptance and Letting Go

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.

Stay Longer and you will hear the beginning of your death

I will take a new approach to death, because what is important about death is not the dead. It’s the living. Those of us left behind.

In order to cope with death, you need the correct punctuation. Not a final period, not a comma as on Aleya, but a chance to fill in the blank--- life, 'dot dot dot'.

If you are waiting for good time, remember death happens on time

There is no medication to avoid death, but the wisdom in you would help beat the term “death.

i am n0t aFraiD oV deaTh , I juX dun waNna Be thEre weN iT haPpeNZ !

Death is my exit strategy. I'll be doing significant customer service only as long as I live.

There are a couple of ways to avoid death, one is to be magnificent.

It is good to have a reminder of death before us, for it helps us to understand the impermanence of life on this earth, and this understanding may aid us in preparing for our own death. He who is well prepared is he who knows that he is nothing compared with Wakan-Tanka, who is everything; then he knows that world which is real.

I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but careless of death, and still more of my unfinished garden.

To begin depriving death of its greatest advantage over us, let us adopt a way clean contrary to that common one; let us deprive death of its strangeness, let us frequent it, let us get used to it; let us have nothing more often in mind than death... We do not know where death awaits us: so let us wait for it everywhere." "To practice death is to practice freedom. A man who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave.

Other

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better.

This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.

Elder Neal A. Maxwell once said, "We are here in mortality, and the only way to go is through; there isn't any around!" I would add, the only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.

Do not contemplate on death; it is just an incident in life; contemplate on God, who is the master of all life.

You shouldn't have counseling at the end of life. You ought to have counseling 20 years before you're going to die. You ought to plan these things out. And I don't have any problem with things like living wills. But they ought to be done within the family.

What you accomplish in life is limited only by your imagination and the fear of reprisal. Life is too fleeting and unrewarding to have to live with the added anus of indignity. The denial of one's inevitable demise is what causes most of the astringent blandness in the world. When your existence ends most certainly in death, there is no such thing as 'going too far'. There are no 'lines' you should fear to cross except the finish line. Playing it safe is the most dangerous thing you could do.

We don't have real control over death. You could die of a heart attack, a building could fall on you, you could be in an accident, you could have a fatal disease. So, how should you conduct your life? You just go ahead and live, taking reasonable precautions - like handling the mail more carefully.

Do not seek death. Death will find you,

I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.

Find out what it means to die - not physically, that's inevitable - but to die to everything that is known, to die to your family, to your attachments, to all the things that you have accumulated, the known, the known pleasures, the known fears. Die to that every minute and you will see what it means to die so that the mind is made fresh, young, and therefore innocent, so that there is incarnation not in a next life, but the next day.

When it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.

Do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune, but all the dead are dead like.

Death alone will put a stop to my effort!

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. My advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.

Don't try to help people to 'not die', help them to enjoy life!

Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down.

The best way to deal with that is to live in a fully conscious, compassionate, loving way. Don't wait until you're on your deathbed to recognize that this is the only way to live.

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