Stories of life and Death
Today is El día de los Santos Difuntos, or Día de Muertos, as it is known around the world.
Honoring the brevity of life reminds us of the importance of LIVING.
Living fully, and not just surviving is the one reason why we connect to our Eroticism, our Sexual energy, which is the life force itself.
Eros and Thanatos.
Eroticism and Death, go hand in hand.
This video contains the story of two women who died just two days apart from one another. One never fully lived. The other lived fully.
How many people walk through life without ever really living? Afraid of feeling, letting life pass through them.
I know that is my greatest fear.
The first woman lived if we could use that term, letting life rot around her and inside of her. I am not being metaphorical.
Her house was full of stored and rotten stuff, and died of a preventable infection because she didn't think going to the doctor to care for her health was a valuable expense.
She kept postponing a dream trip (to a place one-hour bus trip away from her house) until death came for her.
On the other side, there is the story of a woman that followed her bliss, lived a life of travel, adventure, daring, loved deeply, and was deeply loved. Left a legacy of memories and joy.
She fought for her life and beat cancer once. She died surrounded by her loved ones.
Both women died, just days away from one another. Death comes to us all. But one fully lived, and the other never dared to.
I am grateful to both and feel love for both, there were both relatives. But the first is a cautionary tale of what happens when we let the trauma freeze response take over our lives, and the second was inspiration about how life is filled with precious moments when we live with an open heart and follow our bliss.