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The Five Invitations

1. Don’t wait. 

2. Welcome everything, push away nothing. 

3. Bring your whole self to the experience. 

4. Find a place of rest in the middle of things. 

5. Cultivate don’t know mind.”

“The five invitations are my attempt to honor the lessons I have learned sitting bedside with so many dying patients. They are five mutually supportive principles, permeated with love. They have served me as reliable guides for coping with death. And, as it turns out, they are equally relevant guides to living a life of integrity. They can be applied just as aptly to people dealing with all sorts of transitions and crises—from a move to a new city, to the forming or releasing of an intimate relationship, to getting used to living without your children at home.” Frank Ostaseski