Seeing my 89-year-old psychotherapeutic mentor yesterday, she took me back to her computer to show me a recent email. It was an invitation to participate in an upcoming conference about making friends with mortality. She said she’s been facing a long list of issues lately that are related to the topic.
I asked her to start at the top of the list. She began with the loss of her drivers license, since she failed to pass the test four times in a row. After hearing the story, I asked her what waselse was on the list only to learn that there was nothing else: all vitals are fine, not on any meds, able to care for herself in her family home of several decades and taking a new interest in the birds in her yard.
How friendly are you with your mortality? How long is your list of issues related to the topic? Ki to Happiness makes friends with mortality daily through the Hatha Yoga practice of Savasana and Shahabadene’s Sufi meditations.