The lessons go a lot deeper than “Seize the day.” We learn from the dying to
push away nothing; to lose the habit of postponing things; to show up entirely;
to find rest amid whatever; to go ahead and be surprised. You can look death
right in the eye, tough as it is, and life lights up.
Frank Ostaseki, one of the world’s great end-of-life counselors, has attended
over a thousand dyings. He was a cofounder of the renowned Zen Hospice in San
Francisco and is the author of a new book, The Five Invitations: Discovering
What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully.
"What the Dying Teach the Living," Frank Ostaseski, SFJAZZ Center, Hayes
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