The Living~Dying Duet
in a Person's Life

When Living and Dying Dance a Duet

    ..... what music will you play? ©

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​​​The Living~Dying Duet in our life is living with the acceptance and release that comes from awareness that dying is also happening.  Living~Dying Duet is the beautiful result of us feeling our living and feeling our dying at the same time.

 

Living and Dying dance their duet.  We choose the music we play as they dance -- music that may affect their dance, but will very much affect how we feel about and relate to the duet they are dancing.
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• Living~Dying Duet makes living and dying richer by giving immediacy to living and meaning to dying

• Living~Dying Duet helps a person to be more aware of their true self versus the "noise" of their surroundings, by helping them identify and let go of things that are around them and may be very present for them ("noise") but are not part of their authentic self

• Living~Dying Duet allows a person to have fuller expression by making the person more aware of their feelings and emotions, and more willing and able to express them.  Some examples could be "I'm less scared of dying than I am of dementia", "I rejoice for the many beautiful years I've lived", "I enjoy bringing small positive energies to lots of different situations", etc.

• Living~Dying Duet is our constantly changing balance between dying and living

• The music we play for our Living~Dying Duet is how we decide to live the rest of our lives, and what mark we decide we will leave on the world when we're gone.  Will you create/play your own music, or create and play your version of someone else's music?

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Living~Dying Duet doesn't come just from learning something new but from un-learning somethings old -- from identifying and letting go of "noise" from our past and from our surroundings, which allows our Living~Dying Duet to help us feel and live who we really are.

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Living~Dying Duet is part of The Alzheimer's Conversation