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I will not die an unlived life
I will not live in fear of falling
or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
(Native American Wisdom)
When I am dead, cry for me a little.
Think of me sometimes, but not too much.
It is not good for you or your wife or your husband or your children
To allow your thoughts to dwell too long on the dead.
Think of me now and again as I was in life,
At some moment which is pleasant to recall,
But not for long.
Leave me in peace as I shall leave you, too, in peace.
While you live, let your thoughts be with the living. —
ISHI, YAHI