Opinion | What to Say When You Meet the Angel of Death at a Party
- 6 years ago
Opinion | What to Say When You Meet the Angel of Death at a Party
Sometimes I want every know-it-all to send me a note when they face the grisly specter of death,
and I’ll send them a poster of a koala that says, “Hang in there!”
The hardest lessons come from the solutions people, who are already a little disappointed that I am not saving myself.
I am a professor at a Christian seminary, so a lot of Christians like to remind me
that heaven is my true home, which makes me want to ask them if they would like to go home before me.
A friend came back from Australia with a year’s worth of adventures to tell
and ended with a breathless “You have to go there sometime!” He lapsed into silence, seeming to remember at that very moment that I was in the hospital.
These people are very easy to spot because most of their sentences begin with “Well, at least ….”
Minimizers often want to make sure that suffering people are truly deserving before doling out compassion.
Sometimes I want every know-it-all to send me a note when they face the grisly specter of death,
and I’ll send them a poster of a koala that says, “Hang in there!”
The hardest lessons come from the solutions people, who are already a little disappointed that I am not saving myself.
I am a professor at a Christian seminary, so a lot of Christians like to remind me
that heaven is my true home, which makes me want to ask them if they would like to go home before me.
A friend came back from Australia with a year’s worth of adventures to tell
and ended with a breathless “You have to go there sometime!” He lapsed into silence, seeming to remember at that very moment that I was in the hospital.
These people are very easy to spot because most of their sentences begin with “Well, at least ….”
Minimizers often want to make sure that suffering people are truly deserving before doling out compassion.