“You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end.”-Stephen King
Recently I binged on a six episode podcast in a span of 24 hours. It was beautiful, poignant, and emotional, and I had to share this. The series is called Dying for Sex. It’s a conversation between two best friends, where one particular friend has stage 4 cancer, divorces her husband, and explores her sexuality with the time she has left. It contains such beauty, humor, rawness, vulnerability, and inspiration. It serves as reminder for one to think of how do you want to live your life, knowing that you will die.
How often do we forget that we are going to die? That is the only certainty we have. I’m not trying to be morbid or focus solely on the negative here, but it is true. Yet, when we know this and can hold this in our hands, it reminds us of the preciousness of our lives.
This is a foundational principle in Buddhism. In fact in Bhutan, people remind themselves five times a day they are going to die to bring about their happiness. If you have problems doing this, you can buy an app called “We Croak,” which will remind you. I purchased this years ago, and try to remind myself how precious life is frequently.
When you know death is imminent, you cut out the crap, and live a life aligned to what is most important to you. But the truth is none of us know when our time is. What are we waiting for? What do you need to do to live in alignment with your values? What is on your bucket list?
More info on the podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dying-for-sex/id1495392900
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