Gradually people become more tired, more weary. So what does normal dying look like? Well, dying, like giving birth, really is just a process. We've lost the rich wisdom of normal human dying, and it's time for us to talk about dying and reclaim the wisdom. And in my humble opinion, it doesn’t need to be like that at all. A scene of sadness and anxiety and despair. And the dying person doesn't know what to say either, and doesn't know what to expect, wondering whether each breath might be their last breath. Not know what to say to each other, not know what to say to the dying person. And so now a family will sit around the bed of somebody so sick that they will be dying, and not know what to say. And that is in fact a bit of a problem for us. And families don't understand that death is approaching when those words are used. Instead of saying 'dying' we might say 'seriously ill'. Instead of saying ‘dead' we say 'passed' or 'passed away'. CAPTION: IMHO… Dying is actually not as bad as you think. My name is Kathryn Mannix and in my humble opinion, dying is probably not as bad as you're expecting.
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