Good morning bloggers,
So yesterday was my nephew’s death anniversary & I was having a conversation with my oldest nephew (the one I raised), & he bought up the fact that we lost so many family members under a short amount of time. And some how we as a family unit have become numb to death. As a nurse & a human being, I know that our life has a cycle, we’re born, we live, & then we die! But death comes to us in different ways & @ different times! It can be self inflicted or we can be murdered, or most likely by sickness.
Having survived allot of deaths in my family & through my profession, I am guilty of becoming numb to death. As a matter of fact, I welcome death. My colleagues make fun of me, they say that I’m going to be the typical Hispanic & plead for my life! But what they don’t know is that I have made peace with the thought of my death & welcome it. You see, I coached my mom through her last breath, I watched my brother deteriorate from healthy to skin & bones, then eventually die & have watched many of my patients take their last breaths & coached them & their families around death.
Having been privileged to be an integral part of these unique situations has given me some wisdom. And that wisdom to me is the quality of life & how to live my life in a way I can impact people positively. Easier said than done, you see when you choose to live positively it takes effort, one has to think consciously. This becomes more difficult when you have been in bad situations, but it takes a very strong person to overcome all the negativity & be positive. But, it is doable, it just requires a little bit more effort & some humanity, which I believe has been lacking in our current society.
People have become zombies & suckers to social media & allow others to dictate how they live.
I’ve always been different & drummed my own tune & I have raised my kids & grand kids to do the same. To never follow, to lead in the right direction, to stand up for what’s right & combat the wrongs in our current world. Anything that we contribute has to be positive & how we treat people is what defines our character- I hope one day my kids & grand kids impact this world positively & they will be able to say it’s how my mami & Lola raised me & that be my legacy.
So yesterday was my nephew’s death anniversary & I was having a conversation with my oldest nephew (the one I raised), & he bought up the fact that we lost so many family members under a short amount of time. And some how we as a family unit have become numb to death. As a nurse & a human being, I know that our life has a cycle, we’re born, we live, & then we die! But death comes to us in different ways & @ different times! It can be self inflicted or we can be murdered, or most likely by sickness.
Having survived allot of deaths in my family & through my profession, I am guilty of becoming numb to death. As a matter of fact, I welcome death. My colleagues make fun of me, they say that I’m going to be the typical Hispanic & plead for my life! But what they don’t know is that I have made peace with the thought of my death & welcome it. You see, I coached my mom through her last breath, I watched my brother deteriorate from healthy to skin & bones, then eventually die & have watched many of my patients take their last breaths & coached them & their families around death.
Having been privileged to be an integral part of these unique situations has given me some wisdom. And that wisdom to me is the quality of life & how to live my life in a way I can impact people positively. Easier said than done, you see when you choose to live positively it takes effort, one has to think consciously. This becomes more difficult when you have been in bad situations, but it takes a very strong person to overcome all the negativity & be positive. But, it is doable, it just requires a little bit more effort & some humanity, which I believe has been lacking in our current society.
People have become zombies & suckers to social media & allow others to dictate how they live.
I’ve always been different & drummed my own tune & I have raised my kids & grand kids to do the same. To never follow, to lead in the right direction, to stand up for what’s right & combat the wrongs in our current world. Anything that we contribute has to be positive & how we treat people is what defines our character- I hope one day my kids & grand kids impact this world positively & they will be able to say it’s how my mami & Lola raised me & that be my legacy.
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