Death Café

I read an interesting article titled, "A Date With Death Over Coffee," written by Shepherd Bliss. An excerpt:

Both birth and death used to occur more at home than they do in hospitals. These events are, after all, quite normal. Everything that lives dies, including individuals, though it is hard to accept that each of us will perish. In fact, Freud contends that the ego cannot imagine its death. Though I rationally know that I, too, will die, at times I forget.

The article was mirrored on the Carolyn Baker site. It's worthy of reading mainly because death has become the focus of my life as well as the "blog."

I am intrigued by the concept of the Death Café as delineated in the article. Unfortunately, there aren't any organized here in Hawai'i. I am certain that Ernest Becker would have given his "seal of approval" to the cause. Of course, I will be revisiting the topic of death in the "blog" when inspired to do so. After all, that's the only significant event remaining in my own life.