Hospice is an old fashion way of dieing in the modern world. In a world often lacking in family or far from family these angels among us work their profession on total strangers. Being cared for and looked after by kind and concern people with skills and knowledge is the highest form of humanity. Today with use of modern drugs there is no need to suffer any pain. I believe in the states like Washington with the right of suicide the medical community is very conscious of being concern about the individual's comfort level. The old fashion religious idea of suffering pain and offering it up to atone for one's sins nothing more that a control means or ignorance.
I have witness the last couple months the hospice program and have the highest regard for it. I understand the new health bill will include the option of understand the choices at the end of life including stopping all medical treatment but comfort level medicines. Some have mislabel this for political reasons but in fact it is the very humane and compassionate.
At some point, each thoughtful individual writes his personal story about how he came into being and how he exits this life and what is beyond. I would imagine if there is not a 'beyond' in the story it would be a frighten end of story but for those of us with a beyond story, it is simply a process. Helen Keller expressed it in perhaps my favorite way, "When I die it will be like walking into another room, only for me, I will be able to see and hear."
Really in some way, aren't we all a little blind and deaf?
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