{"id":6662,"date":"2014-07-07T16:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T20:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=6662"},"modified":"2014-07-07T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T20:17:07","slug":"moving-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/07\/moving-on.html","title":{"rendered":"Moving On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2014\/07\/handholdingyarn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6664\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2014\/07\/handholdingyarn.jpg\" alt=\"handholdingyarn\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Death has generally been viewed as the enemy with frightening images of the Grim Reaper;\u00a0scythe \u00a0in hand, scooping us up and taking us away from the people and things we love. What if it wasn&#8217;t like that at all?\u00a0 What if it was a journey to another realm; one of light and love, of grace and ease, lessons learned and messages integrated?<\/p>\n<p>It occurred to me recently that I had heard a story about various exit points that can occur in our live- portals, if you will, that allow us to &#8216;leave the building.&#8217; Although I have never had the typical NDE (near death experience), I have had several &#8216;near misses&#8217; in auto accidents, had an ectopic pregnancy in 1992, during which I hemorrhaged and required emergency surgery and then the recent heart attack. At none of those points did I fear death. It isn&#8217;t that I welcome it. It is that when my time comes, I will be ready to roll. I know that love awaits me, as it does you. I am certain that those who have already crossed over are waiting patiently for me to show up. What a party that will be!<\/p>\n<p>I am becoming increasingly aware of the preciousness of life; so as not to waste time fretting over what I can&#8217;t control. Every moment I spend feeling angry because people smoke and then toss their cigarette butts on the ground as if the clean up faerie is going to magically disappear them, is one wasted. I know that I can&#8217;t make them stop. My grrrring about it inside my head is only taking up space that could better used in other ways. I know that in order for the world to become a more peaceful place, I need to contribute my peace.<\/p>\n<p>When I have sat by the bedsides of those who have passed, such as those of my husband and father, or friends and patients in my professional life, I have felt honored to have witnessed the transition from this realm to the next. I liken it to being a midwife on the other end of the life spectrum. There has been a sense of serenity as they let go of that which is letting go of them. Listening\u00a0for\u00a0the next breath that could be their last is like going on a journey that will only take me so far. I then step back and watch them cross over\u00a0a threshold over which I may not yet pass, but someday will.<\/p>\n<p>I saw a wondrous video that beautifully highlights this idea.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Leave A Little Light On-James\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/h5HGFVgvSks\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Leave A Little Light On by James<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Art of Dharma Ainslie Henderson\" href=\"http:\/\/artofdharma.com\" target=\"_blank\">Photo Credit- Art of Dharma\u00a0Ainslie Henderson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Death has generally been viewed as the enemy with frightening images of the Grim Reaper;\u00a0scythe \u00a0in hand, scooping us up and taking us away from the people and things we love. What if it wasn&#8217;t like that at all?\u00a0 What if it was a journey to another realm; one of light and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,13,41,3,4,16,10,38],"tags":[3875,4861,4897,244,3872,100,3871,243,3873,3874],"class_list":["post-6662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attracting-what-you-desire","category-bliss","category-blissfull-thinking","category-death","category-gratitude","category-inspiration","category-my-personal-bliss","category-spirituality","category-transformation","tag-art-of-dharma","tag-death","tag-edie-weinstein","tag-grief","tag-grim-reaper","tag-hospice","tag-leave-a-little-light-on","tag-loss","tag-nde","tag-near-death-experience"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Moving On - The Bliss Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/07\/moving-on.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moving On - The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Death has generally been viewed as the enemy with frightening images of the Grim Reaper;\u00a0scythe \u00a0in hand, scooping us up and taking us away from the people and things we love. 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