Tag Archives: Living Life to the Fullest

“I don’t want to die without any scars.”

- Chuck Palahniuk
Posted on September 12, 2017 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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Memento Mori: Remembering Your Own Death

Artworks that remind us to live life to the fullest
Posted on August 23, 2015 by Juniper Quin (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Memento mori is a Latin phrase that literally means, “remember to die.” As an art form, it has encompassed but is not exclusive to memorial art, and serves to this day as a reminder to live life fully and mindfully. … Continue reading →

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Want to Get The Most Out Of Life? Say Cheese!

Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth!
Posted on March 27, 2015 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)
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Oliver Sacks Says Terminal Cancer Has Never Made Him Feel More Alive

Neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote an op-ed for the New York Times about embracing life in the face of death
Posted on February 25, 2015 by Marissa Abruzzini (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

A lot can change in a month, as Oliver Sacks found out recently. The 81-year-old writer and neurology professor went from swimming a mile every day to learning he had terminal, inoperable cancer. He says he’ll be lucky to have … Continue reading →

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Should 75 Be the Right Age to Die?

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel argues that the increasing ideal of “the American immortal” prevents people from realizing the various burdens—both physical and mental—of living past 75
Posted on September 24, 2014 by Zoë Byrne (Editor in Chief, SevenPonds)

In a recent article from The Atlantic, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel discusses why he adamantly wants to die when he is 75 and hopefully no later. His main argument, before delving into the scientific research that backs up his opinion, is … Continue reading →

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”When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

- William Saroyan
Posted on September 2, 2014 by Zoë Byrne (Editor in Chief, SevenPonds)

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”In America they really do mythologise people when they die.” 

”If death is this brilliant slide, this high, fine music felt as pure vibration, this plunging float in wind and silence, it’s not so … Continue reading →

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