Last Call Forever, Maybe - The Small Bow
Rarely, in turning our attention from a recently extinct species to our last-ditch effort to save another, do we pause to say goodbye.”
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
The less I’m trying to get something out of an experience, the more I find I can get into it, and the more I can be present for other people involved in it. This is not to say that life becomes a matter of unbroken good cheer; after all, it’s sad that a beautiful moment arises then vanishes. But it’s the flavour of sadness conveyed by the Japanese
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Meditations for Mortals
There was a moment last year when I was reminded of the essence of Ichigo Ichie in a profound way. It happened during my 81-year-old mom’s visit from Japan. Throughout her month-long stay in Michigan, she expressed multiple times,
“I think this is my last visit.”
She had flown all the way from Japan to Michigan, her second trip last year, and reiter... See more
“I think this is my last visit.”
She had flown all the way from Japan to Michigan, her second trip last year, and reiter... See more
Ichigo Ichie: Embracing joy in transitions
“Yet it is this awareness of the closeness of death, of the beauty inherent in each moment, that allows us to endure. Mono no aware, my son, is an empathy with the universe. It is the soul of our nation.