I sat with a dying man tonight and held his hand until his breathing stopped, the way I have for so many over the years. Driving home in the dark, I couldn't stop thinking about my own end. A whole career this close to the suffering and the dying has taught me something about mortality, and now I have to reckon with what it means for me.
More people experience this than they realize.
A career close to the dying leaves you reckoning with what it taught you about your own mortality.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.