“The seeming opposition between life and death is now cut through. Do not thrash or lunge or flee. There is no longer a container or anything to be contained. All is resolved in dazzling measureless freedom.”
—From “The Warrior Song of King Gesar”
—From “The Warrior Song of King Gesar”
It was astonishingly appropriate. I read the quotation to my grandmother the next day, along with poetry from The Missouri Review. She could no longer speak or open her eyes; there was no way to assess her awareness or cognitive abilities. Yet I like to think she understood, on some level, my communications.
Louise Jeannette Phipps Urbas
June 6, 1912 – June 6, 2010
June 6, 1912 – June 6, 2010
She found her freedom early the next morning—on her 98th birthday.
1 comment:
Three Cups of Tea is a book I recently read---and LOVED for many reasons. What a wonderful quote to read to her in her last moments. She heard you.
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