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A poignant and salient answer to how to live the third phase came from an 18 year old Minnesotan, Zach Sobiech, who died yesterday of bone cancer. \u00a0Not much of a conversationalist or a letter writer, Zach’s Mom told him he needed to do something, something that would let people know he was here and leave them memories of him. \u00a0Diagnosed with osteosarcoma when he was 14, the cancer did not prevent him from writing and singing songs of his own.<\/p>\n
He became an internet viral celebrity with the song, Clouds, downloaded over 3 million times.<\/p>\n
Those of us in the third phase understand the challenge Zach faced. \u00a0Death was no longer an abstraction, but a certain visitor. \u00a0As he says in this song, it won’t be long now. \u00a0Oh, we may have 20 years or 30 years, compared to his 4, but the link is the moment when you come to know this life ends. \u00a0For good and for ever.<\/p>\n
(Alphonse Osbert – Les chants de la nuit.)<\/p>\n
How did he respond? \u00a0He dug into the riches of his Self, shrugged off the self-pity and depression, and turned those feelings into art. \u00a0This is the best and healthiest way to greet the coming of the Sickle Bearer. \u00a0Find out who you are. \u00a0Find out what best expresses your journey, the ancientrail that has been, is, your life. \u00a0Then open up that expression, put it outside yourself for the rest of us to learn from, to cherish, to embrace. \u00a0Because it won’t be long now.<\/p>\n