Health Sciences 3050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Impermanence
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Hs 3050a - health-related quality of life week 2 - qol & health-related qol. Saying goodbye acknowledges separation and impermanence, while it reminds us of how precious or lives are. Saying goodbye offers the individual our blessing and love. When someone close to you is dying, goodbye can be bittersweet and bring about our awareness of our humanity. Daniel, an ivy league business man did not get angry when he found out he was dying, he wrote the last letter to his mother. The importance lies in how we live our lives, while investing in having joyful experiences. In our life, we can choose to protect ourselves from emotional vulnerability or can acknowledge our vulnerability and open ourselves up to possible loss. We will have to say goodbye to the people we love and learn to let them go.