CRYSTAL SKULL
In medicine we present death as the enemy…. a foe to be defeated. In fact, death is our ally. Memento Mori. John Donne had himself painted in his funeral shroud as if he were dead. He kept the painting close to where he worked. Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn let people think they had drowned & witnessed their own funeral. There is no defeating the Grim Reaper. In medicine, we need to take the reality of our pursuit in hand. Death spurs us to open up the possibility of health to our patients… physical, mental, emotional & most important spiritual health. The point of living is to learn how to die. Once we master the art of dying living becomes a breeze.
In medicine we present death as the enemy…. a foe to be defeated. In fact, death is our ally. Memento Mori. John Donne had himself painted in his funeral shroud as if he were dead. He kept the painting close to where he worked. Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn let people think they had drowned & witnessed their own funeral. There is no defeating the Grim Reaper. In medicine, we need to take the reality of our pursuit in hand. Death spurs us to open up the possibility of health to our patients… physical, mental, emotional & most important spiritual health. The point of living is to learn how to die. Once we master the art of dying living becomes a breeze.
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