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Re: Starting Hospice

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 4:57 AM UTC

block_dagger wrote: post #5

jseliger wrote: post #2

Hacker News, thank you for all the links and all the great reading. Now I have to say goodbye. I’m with my wife Bess ( https://bessstillman.substack.com/ ) and my brother Sam, and crying, but it is okay. At the end of Lord of the Rings Gandalf says to the hobbits, "Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” And that is how I feel now. Ending prematurely hurts, but all things must end, a…

Gandalf also said, "End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it."

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Re: Starting Hospice

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Post by kstrauser » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 5:01 AM UTC

Bless ya, Jake. Go be comfortable now, and may you and Bess both have peace.

Re: Starting Hospice

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Post by anthonygarcia21 » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 5:15 AM UTC

Thank you to you and Bess for your writing and sharing your story with the world. I have found it to be personally very helpful.

Re: Starting Hospice

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Post by monero-xmr » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 5:30 AM UTC

Here's a couple mind-bending NDE experience reports from doctors:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL1oDuvQR08

https://youtu.be/gpfriTZDWCY?t=2777

See you on the other side

Re: Starting Hospice

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Post by girvo » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 5:44 AM UTC

jseliger wrote: post #2

Hacker News, thank you for all the links and all the great reading. Now I have to say goodbye. I’m with my wife Bess ( https://bessstillman.substack.com/ ) and my brother Sam, and crying, but it is okay. At the end of Lord of the Rings Gandalf says to the hobbits, "Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” And that is how I feel now. Ending prematurely hurts, but all things must end, a…

Rest easy, and thank you for sharing your experience with us. I’ve read your words for such a long time now, and I’m happier for it; thank you again

Re: Starting Hospice

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Post by leetrout » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 5:44 AM UTC

I highly recommend this film "Griefwalker" to anyone anytime death comes up. I find Stephen's views fascinating and for an end that meets us all we sure like to avoid talking about death.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/griefwalker/

Re: Starting Hospice

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Post by sydbarrett74 » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 5:45 AM UTC

jseliger wrote: post #2

Hacker News, thank you for all the links and all the great reading. Now I have to say goodbye. I’m with my wife Bess ( https://bessstillman.substack.com/ ) and my brother Sam, and crying, but it is okay. At the end of Lord of the Rings Gandalf says to the hobbits, "Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” And that is how I feel now. Ending prematurely hurts, but all things must end, a…

Jake, no matter what happens in the days ahead, I wish you peace and equanimity. Thank you for sharing your journey with the world.

Re: Starting Hospice

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Post by HaZeust » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 6:12 AM UTC

jseliger wrote: post #2

Hacker News, thank you for all the links and all the great reading. Now I have to say goodbye. I’m with my wife Bess ( https://bessstillman.substack.com/ ) and my brother Sam, and crying, but it is okay. At the end of Lord of the Rings Gandalf says to the hobbits, "Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” And that is how I feel now. Ending prematurely hurts, but all things must end, a…

Thank you Jake, it's been real to follow these developments.

You've touched a lot of us, and if leaving impressionable impacts on others is the highest quantifiable order in this life -- I think this was a job very well done :) and you've inspired many to continue that cycle. Rest well, see you on the other side.

Re: Starting Hospice

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Post by DaoVeles » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 6:20 AM UTC

I have always like the quote "Death the price of entry you pay on the exit". We all have to pay it at some point. All that matters is that you had a grand time.

Take it easy. Have a laugh where you can. Embrace the love. And take that final curtain call like a champ!

Re: Starting Hospice

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 6:22 AM UTC

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