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As a nurse who has worked with end of life patients, helping people understand we are born to die is one of the most difficult aspect of hospice care. It is tough to think about dying when you are enjoying your life. I don't believe in heaven or hell but I believe our aura or spirit becomes part of the greater universe and that we are always in the hearts of our loved ones.

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🦴🦴🦴Libby girl 💞

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That face made me remember what all of this means. Thank you Mooch.👏😍😚

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Viva Mouch!

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Please give Libby the mooch a couple of belly rubs and stroke those precious sweet ears for me. I don't have any dogs, but only because my cats would rise up in rebellion. Plus, I'm not home enough to have a dog. 😂

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In days past death was considered to be as much part of life as birth. Old people weren't shunted off into homes when their health declined, and everyone in the family had to face their mortality as they cared for the humans who had cared for them, and nurse their loved one til they reached their death.

It was so much more healthy, for our souls. What happens when you don't see death in your life is you get to pretend we live forever. You make decisions differently.

Obviously you can't take any of your possessions, money, Bitcoin or whatever, you know 30 Luxury cars like billionaires collect, watches, houses, clothes. We take with us only what we got here with.

When you realise, every day, that death is part of life, you truly appreciate each day. And for the vast majority of us, death will come sooner than we think, and sooner than we'd like. So we really should appreciate each day, and spend our days making others lives more comfortable, not hoarding possessions and craving more.

I'm reminded of the quote "human beings are now more concerned with having than being" which will be a misquote but that sticks with me. We must BE humans, love, live, laugh, give, feel. Stop collecting inane objects, luxury objects - stop being obsessed with having, BC we are not "human havings".

As for the pain, I've had pain, my whole life. I have Ehlers danlos syndrome, so crippling joint pain, fatigue, headaches, sore muscles, bad back from sacrum to my neck, and more recently allergies and a couple of autoimmune issues have joined the fray.

It's hereditary and I remember not long ago I told my mum about this weird day i had, would be close to 20 years ago now (I'm 44) I woke up and something was different. Couldnt put my finger on it, went about my day but there was something up, something missing. Early afternoon it came to me. I wasn't in pain. My constant companion had decided to take a day off.

She looked startled and told me about her one day off. Same story, 20 years apart, and that same strange feeling there's something unusual, something missing. Our constant companions, I can tell you I'd like them to take long service leave, but not going to happen.

You've gotta learn to not catastrophise, is what your counsellor will tell you. They will say to think of the best, worst and most likely scenario, gather information and take the action you need to take so you can clear your worry from your mind. Practice doing less to clear the worry, I clear myself of random diseases all the time with doctor google and that works for me. For some doctor google makes them worse,but things like walking, meditation, touching and being touched/petted/cuddled/massaged might work.

I think it's a subconscious desire for connection, for someone to LOOK at you, connect with you and tell you you're okay, as much as it is a fear of illness.

That's my two cents... Good luck with it!

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My father lived to be 95, and in his last year he lived with me and I took care of him in home hospice. I was there when he took his last breath. I will cherish the time with him for the rest of my life, particularly since we had lived almost a thousand miles apart for my entire adult life.

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This is how it's meant to be, the carers become the cared for and there's a view of life that can only come from proximity to death especially the death of loved ones. I'm so glad you got that time with him I'm sure he treasured it too x

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Libby the Mooch. Love that adorable face ♥️

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So cute!!!

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Omg look into reincarnation too. Life after Death also. It's fascinating. You'll be there again one day. We all will. THIS isn't your only life btw...lol

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We're All Riders On the Storm 🥰

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Lol...and the rainbows.. 😂

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I'm not afraid to die at all. I'm actually looking forward to it. 😂

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Alcohol is like cigarettes.. Carcinogenic and it also ruins your gut health with the chemicals in them. I'm 60 in June and nobody believes me. I have pains everyday. It can be inflammation too. INFLAMMATION is a bad thing. Take Turmeric & Ginger capsules ... Selenium is an antioxidant and antiinflammatory. Yes God real. Heavens real

Start finding your spiritual sensitive side. It's real so go dig in. 😆

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What a sweet face - your little Mooch ! An inspiration right at your elbow 🐾

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No doubt. I have 8 inspirations. 😂 3 birds, two wild dove brothers I saved outside, two wild cats outside, a Cockatiel saved from a tiny cage at Petco I kept seeing sleeping in her 💩 and my 3 Chihuahuas. One is a puulg we just received from the Heavens. Grin. A local puppy haven drives to Kansas City to get more doomed for certain death down there in big city.

Up here in countryside Nebraska we take them home and love them up a lot. 💕 Animals are miracles too. ✌️ 🕊️

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Puppy******* 🐈 typo

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Libby the Mooch is fabulous. Great pic.

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Metabolism and Catabolism :D

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Sleep & laughter..drink alkaline pH water ..no soda, no alcohol

. Eat organic potatoes and spinach. Don't eat chemical ridden food. Cancers. We have enough problems, right? 😂 Understatement.

Take EFAs for High triglycerides. Essential Fatty Acids. Don't eat oil. Use organic butter. Organic.

Skip wine. It causes cancers actually.

I knew two women who drank wine, got Glioblastoma brain tumors. They drank it at night. Skip the toxins. Alcohol is a Carcinogenic Toxin.

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Dear heart. I'm 68 and life is an adventure. 🖖🤗🥰❤️

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