Holy crap, Georgia just legalized NOR ("natural organic reduction" aka human composting)! I never would have had that on my 2025 bingo card. I fully expected the Southern states to do it dead last.
(Pun wasn't originally intended, but then I recognized it, and intentionally left it!)
The Courage we desire and prize is not the Courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Essay (1832-05) “Boswell’s Life of Johnson,” Fraser’s Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 28
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/7306/
#quote #quotes #quotation #virtue #bravery #character #courage #gooddeath #goodlife #livingwell
A quotation from Achebe, Chinua:
«
In such a regime, I say, you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest — without asking to be paid.
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/achebe-chinua/35076/
#quote #quotes #quotation #avenge #death #gooddeath #inspiration #murder #revenge #vengeance #violence #life
There is no worse feeling than being far away from a friend whose loved one is suddenly in critical condition in the #hospital
#friends #EmotionalSupport #mortality
I hope everyone over the age of 18 has a will and has shared their #LastWishes #AdvanceDirectives #LivingWill
There's a wonderful free blue booklet people can fill out called the Five Wishes.
Versions legal in every state. It asks good questions about all aspects of what one would want if they were dying. #GoodDeath
Buddhist temple aids #terminallyill
"Monks help last-stage patients restore spiritual #peace thru #palliative care while also deliv'g #Buddhist teachings so they can live e final part of their lives in peace.. aligns w #WHO's mission to promote various approaches to improv'g patients #qualityoflife & relieving their physical & mental suffering. It's also in line w Section 12 of National #Health Act.. a #gooddeath is what they try to achieve & main channel is #mindfulness"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2865348/buddhist-temple-aids-terminally-ill
Want to work in the green deathcare industry?
Recompose is hiring:
https://recompose.life/job/precompose-growth-manager/
#GoodDeath #recompose #NaturalOrganicReduction #NOR #HumanComposting #deathcare #GetFediHired
I am loving the “Grave Matters” podcast that Nadine Cohen and Anthony Levin have been releasing via SBS Audio. It’s wonderful to hear Australian perspectives on death and dying, given a lot of death-positive/Good Death media is from the US and the UK.
Like a lot of things that examine death close-up, this podcast is life-affirming and often joyful. It covers a wide range of Australian experiences of death with tact and sensitivity.
Today’s episode is about Australian taphonomy! Chuck it in your ears.
https://www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcast/grave-matters
#SBSAudio #SBSAustralia #NadineJCohen #AnthonyLevin #GoodDeath #death
@Janet_52square I love this!
#GoodDeath #DeathPositive
I love how in English you pretty much only use an "urn" in conjunction with either dead things or coffee. Feels right somehow.
Oh it's just me writing in "C - Natural Organic Reduction, aka Human Composting" on the survey sent out by one of the local funeral homes when asked if I would prefer "A - Burial" or "B - Cremation".
Glad to see @TheGoodDeath@x.com is still making videos. Not so good to hear what it's about. Viewer discretion advised.
#TheOrderOfTheGoodDeath #GoodDeath #AskAMortitian #Harvard #HarvardMedicalSchool #USA
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bZbl2t4hATc
A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:
«
The Courage we desire and prize is not the Courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/7306/
#quote #quotes #quotation #bravery #courage #gooddeath #goodlife
OK, #Medievodons, help me find my way in an area I know little about. What is the state of research into late medieval ideas about dying well? Is the ars moriendi still a useful notion? What is a good book or article I can read to orient myself and find helpful further reading?
Context: I’m trying to contextualize something someone in the mid 15th century wrote about his own forthcoming death. Some of the books he owned are germane to the larger matter but not directly to his own text.
@realTuckFrumper This makes me sad- a passing of an era
I'm glad he was in hospice. We can feel good that he had the best death possible
RIP, Len
#Mourning #Hospice #GoodDeath
Current work in progress: 🌱💀✌️🌱
#comics #skeleton #art #illustration #ink #mementomori #gooddeath
Caitlin Doughty roasts Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck in the most polite and comprehensive fashion. #goodDeath
Also, in an appropriately hilarious fashion at times.
Thoughts about dying a good death (preparing for which can be part of living a good and joyful life!) from a wise member of my meeting:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jc6ajthaedE&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fquakerspeak.com%2F
#Quaker
#Chaplaincy #Chaplain
#Death #EOL #GoodDeath
#Healthcare
@iwashyna @hauschildt @sociology
“#new article by @hauschildt
Whose #GoodDeath? Valuation and Standardization as Mechanisms of #Inequality in Hospitals
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00221465221143088 “
Although most clinicians have come to perceive invasive life-sustaining treatments as overly aggressive at the end of life, some of the public and greater proportions of some socially disadvantaged groups have not. Drawing on 1,500+ hours of observation in [4 ICUs] and 69 interviews…
