The meditation app that I paid an arm and a leg to join sends me notifications every evening to try and nag me to practice.
I got quite a shock from last nights reminder.
Call me old fashioned but I really expect something more along the lines of “Live! Laugh! Love!” with my mindfulness training.
Two of my husband’s university friends have died in the last year of what you might unkindly call “lifestyle” diseases. It would be cruel to say anyone deserves to get sick, but the sort of behaviour that you can get away with in your twenties, that most of us grow out of, can take it’s toll over the years if you don’t. It would be trendy to call this “fuck around and find out”. Simon makes much of the fact that they were both single at the time. I raised my eyebrows at this, considering the complete lack of influence I have over anything he does. I suppose it’s possible that the discipline required to provide me with dinner every night keeps him on the straight and narrow?
Another old friend of ours suffered a major medical event while in his second home in the USA a couple of months ago. Luckily they are well insured so had access to what is probably the best medical care available in the entire world. He and his wife have many friends around the globe, and it was tough keeping everyone up to date in the early days of his illness when things really were touch and go. I mention this because they found a website that was terrifically helpful at that time that deserves more love and attention. It’s caringbridge.org.
https://www.caringbridge.org/about-us
So we’ve been able to follow their progress with day to day posts, similar to a blog, which saves having to give everyone seperate updates all the time. Recommended. Although, I recommend not getting sick in the first place even more, of course! But there is only so much in life that you have control over.