Write up of Manly NSW Death Cafe
A write up of Manly NSW Death Cafe
By mknight
Our final Death Café for the year was one of celebration and reflection and like all those which had taken place each month, was filled with a mixture of laughter, curiosity and deep and meaningful conversation.
Each month the Death Café brought people together from diverse backgrounds with just as diverse life experiences, and each month we explored our thoughts and feelings and shared stories about our relationship with our mortality in a warm, open and respectful space.
How do we get to the place of being able to accept our mortality? This was a question asked by one of the attendees. And my question in response is, why is it imperative that we do so? I believe we need our whole life to prepare for our death, which is intrinsically linked to another question asked by another attendee, “Did I live?”.
Did I live? Do we live? And what is life, but a prelude to death’s doorway which thanks to the legacy created by Jon Underwoood we've been able to explore and talk about each month.