Ben Greenfield walks through a stoic visualization from Arthur Brooks' From Strength to Strength: imagine your death and your loved ones' deaths, then ask what you wish had been said. He suggests trying it this week with one or two relationships.
They're dead. You're dead. What do I mean by that? Well, I was recently reading a book, really good book, called From Strength to Strength by a friend of mine named Arthur Brooks. And in it he talks about these stoic practices of pondering your death. Now I'll raise the stoics. 1 ponder your death, but also ponder your lover's death. They're dead. You're dead. Imagine yourself looking down upon your dead lover if you're married, your spouse if you're single, or a child, your parents if a parent, your child, etc. And imagine what thoughts are going through your head in that moment. What you think you'll wish you'd have said to them as you look down upon their dead body and what you may be wishing you'd have done together. And then flip flop that now you're dead, laid down in a coffin on your back and they're looking down on you.
What are they thinking about you? What are they saying about you? What are they feeling about you?
You're dead. They're dead. It's powerful, powerful visualization. I want you to think about selecting a relationship or a few relationships in your life right now. And try that exercise sometime this week.
All right? I love you.
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