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Hello lovely humans! Part of this human experience inevitably includes grief. I'm offering two free grief-based community gatherings in September. I hope you will join us for whatever is appropriate for you and share if you know of someone that might benefit. 😌

September Life Support - A Sacred Space for Grief & Growth

More than Mourning - A Conversation About Grief - RSVP required for this one as space is truly limited.

On the day I die a lot will happen.

A lot will change.

The world will be busy.

On the day I die, all the important appointments I made will be left unattended.

The many plans I had yet to complete will remain forever undone.

The calendar that ruled so many of my days will now be irrelevant to me.

All the material things I so chased and guarded and treasured will be left in the hands of others to care for or to discard.

The words of my critics which so burdened me will cease to sting or capture anymore. They will be unable to touch me.

The arguments I believed I’d won here will not serve me or bring me any satisfaction or solace.

All my noisy incoming notifications and texts and calls will go unanswered. Their great urgency will be quieted.

My many nagging regrets will all be resigned to the past, where they should have always been anyway.

Every superficial worry about my body that I ever labored over; about my waistline or hairline or frown lines, will fade away.

My carefully crafted image, the one I worked so hard to shape for others here, will be left to them to complete anyway.

The sterling reputation I once struggled so greatly to maintain will be of little concern for me anymore.

All the small and large anxieties that stole sleep from me each night will be rendered powerless.

The deep and towering mysteries about life and death that so consumed my mind will finally be clarified in a way that they could never be before while I lived.

These things will certainly all be true on the day that I die.

Yet for as much as will happen on that day, one more thing that will happen.

On the day I die, the few people who really know and truly love me will grieve deeply.

They will feel a void.

They will feel cheated.

They will not feel ready.

They will feel as though a part of them has died as well.

And on that day, more than anything in the world they will want more time with me.

I know this from those I love and grieve over.

And so knowing this, while I am still alive I’ll try to remember that my time with them is finite and fleeting and so very precious—and I’ll do my best not to waste a second of it.

I’ll try not to squander a priceless moment worrying about all the other things that will happen on the day I die, because many of those things are either not my concern or beyond my control.

Friends, those other things have an insidious way of keeping you from living even as you live; vying for your attention, competing for your affections.

They rob you of the joy of this unrepeatable, uncontainable, ever-evaporating Now with those who love you and want only to share it with you.

Don’t miss the chance to dance with them while you can.

It’s easy to waste so much daylight in the days before you die.

Don’t let your life be stolen every day by all that you’ve been led to believe matters, because on the day you die, the fact is that much of it simply won’t.

Yes, you and I will die one day.

But before that day comes: let us live.

John Pavlovitz

Who do you know that's grieving a loss or experiencing a major life transition? We are here for anyone carrying anything heavy. Come take a breath and receive loving support from people that get it. 🫂

You never know who in your circle may be hurting. Sharing this is encouraged and appreciated. 💜

RSVP for August Life Support - A Sacred Space for Grief & Growth is welcome and not required. Please arrive at 2:30 to order coffee or tea so that we may start on time. Thank you! 😌

Yes!!! More of this, please! 👏

I am 100% in favor of quality of life over quantity and that people should be supported in their choice.

I know this viewpoint can be controversial. What are your thoughts?

French MPs approve assisted-dying law with strict rules after years of argument The bill would allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults who meet strict criteria.

Live every day intentionally, friends! 🫶 Tomorrow isn't promised. 💀

If you're feeling heavy today... grieving the loss of a loved one, including a pet or some major life transition (relationship change, health change, sending a kid off to college, identity crisis), you are welcome at Life Support. We are here for you. 🫂

RSVPs encouraged and not required. Please plan to be at Beanchain Coffee at 2:30 if you'd like to order coffee or tea, so that we may begin on time.

July Life Support - A Sacred Space for Grief & Growth

Soon I'll be encouraging people to think about the end wherever I go. My current profile pic is being printed on car magnets soon, too. I think about my own death in order to be more present and live more fully today! 💀

If you set goals for life, please make this one of them. ⤵️

And if you don't set goals, you can still make this your only goal. ⤵️

Tomorrow isn't promised and you and your loved ones deserve nothing less than to ! 💝

I'm here for you, if you want to chat about where to start. 😘

This Sunday, we're here for you. 🕯️🫂