Comments on: Living & dying with passion http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/985/living-dying-with-passion/ Tools to embody optimism for positive living & leadership Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:54:33 -0700 hourly 1 By: Bruce http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/985/living-dying-with-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Bruce Wed, 19 May 2010 16:34:48 +0000 http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/?p=985#comment-118 thank you Jen for writing about such a free being...she has taught us through your words. Much Love, Britt thank you Jen for writing about such a free being…she has taught us through your words.

Much Love,

Britt

]]> By: Patti Deck http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/985/living-dying-with-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Patti Deck Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:05 +0000 http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/?p=985#comment-23 Jen Your thoughts and feelings are especially heartfelt and inspiring for me this evening. I am recovering from a near death accident, 11/5. I am reminded to breath, love and live BIG! I am happy that Guen shared her sparkle with you! Jen

Your thoughts and feelings are especially heartfelt and inspiring for me this evening. I am recovering from a near death accident, 11/5. I am reminded to breath, love and live BIG!

I am happy that Guen shared her sparkle with you!

]]> By: Amanda http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/985/living-dying-with-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Amanda Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:36:23 +0000 http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/?p=985#comment-22 Jeanne sent me a link to your website when she read my recent blog post about losing a close friend suddenly. Like you, although I am saddened by the loss, it is not the only thing I feel. My friend, like yours, lived her life to the full, doing what she loved and believed in and she inspired so many people. You wrote a really beautiful piece here, showing that death doesn't have to mean "the end" - just beautiful... thank you. Amanda Jeanne sent me a link to your website when she read my recent blog post about losing a close friend suddenly. Like you, although I am saddened by the loss, it is not the only thing I feel. My friend, like yours, lived her life to the full, doing what she loved and believed in and she inspired so many people. You wrote a really beautiful piece here, showing that death doesn’t have to mean “the end” – just beautiful… thank you.

Amanda

]]> By: Jeanne http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/985/living-dying-with-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Jeanne Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:34:09 +0000 http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/?p=985#comment-21 Jen, I am so sorry for your loss. This is a beautiful tribute to your friend, who clearly led a passionate life full of purpose and meaning. Your thoughtful piece not only tells those of us who never met Guen what a difference she made in people's lives but puts her death in perspective. It sounds like she lived life to the fullest and made the world a better place. I can't think of a nicer tribute than what you've said here. From what you've described, she died doing something she really loved. I am sending positive energy your way, Jen. Jeanne Jen,

I am so sorry for your loss. This is a beautiful tribute to your friend, who clearly led a passionate life full of purpose and meaning. Your thoughtful piece not only tells those of us who never met Guen what a difference she made in people’s lives but puts her death in perspective. It sounds like she lived life to the fullest and made the world a better place. I can’t think of a nicer tribute than what you’ve said here. From what you’ve described, she died doing something she really loved. I am sending positive energy your way, Jen.

Jeanne

]]> By: Amy Laederach Goldman http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/985/living-dying-with-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Amy Laederach Goldman Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:44:50 +0000 http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/?p=985#comment-20 Jen, thanks for sharing such a wonderful tribute to Guen. Your words are a gift to Guen and us all. Much Love! Amy Jen, thanks for sharing such a wonderful tribute to Guen. Your words are a gift to Guen and us all. Much Love!
Amy

]]> By: Britt Magadini http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/985/living-dying-with-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Britt Magadini Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:25:42 +0000 http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/?p=985#comment-19 thank you Jen for writing about such a free being...she has taught us through your words. Much Love, Britt thank you Jen for writing about such a free being…she has taught us through your words.

Much Love,

Britt

]]> By: Amy Siegel http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/985/living-dying-with-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Amy Siegel Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:57:31 +0000 http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/?p=985#comment-18 Thank you for your beautiful essay. I hadn't talked to Guen in awhile but spent several years with my office right next door to hers on Elmwood Ave. The memory of her daily thoughtfulness, the joy she experienced at shocking me on a regular basis, her mid-day naps and the pile of dirty dishes forever on her desk still make me smile. Thank you for your beautiful essay. I hadn’t talked to Guen in awhile but spent several years with my office right next door to hers on Elmwood Ave. The memory of her daily thoughtfulness, the joy she experienced at shocking me on a regular basis, her mid-day naps and the pile of dirty dishes forever on her desk still make me smile.

]]> By: Michael Gifford http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/985/living-dying-with-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Michael Gifford Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:39:58 +0000 http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/?p=985#comment-17 Thank You, Jen. I share your sentiments and appreciate the insightful comments. Thank You, Jen. I share your sentiments and appreciate the insightful comments.

]]> By: Rachel Willey http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/985/living-dying-with-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Rachel Willey Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:26:29 +0000 http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/?p=985#comment-16 This is absoluely amazing, thank you so much for writing this. I have made an album on my facebook page with photos of Guen and friends who I knew meant the world to her. I have not been able to come up with the perfect words to say but have tried so many different ways. What you wrote kind of puts it all in perspective and is very comforting. I am with you in your grieving process along with so many others. I don't know if you would mind if I put a link to this site on my page with my album so that others who view my album can read what you have written as I truly think it is amazing. Feel free to contact me by email @ sugarbean503@hotmail.com or I am on facebook Rachel Corey Willey. Thanks and my best to you. ~Rachel This is absoluely amazing, thank you so much for writing this. I have made an album on my facebook page with photos of Guen and friends who I knew meant the world to her. I have not been able to come up with the perfect words to say but have tried so many different ways. What you wrote kind of puts it all in perspective and is very comforting. I am with you in your grieving process along with so many others. I don’t know if you would mind if I put a link to this site on my page with my album so that others who view my album can read what you have written as I truly think it is amazing. Feel free to contact me by email @ sugarbean503@hotmail.com or I am on facebook Rachel Corey Willey. Thanks and my best to you. ~Rachel

]]> By: Gary http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/985/living-dying-with-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Gary Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:18:38 +0000 http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/?p=985#comment-15 I am sorry I never got to meet her. she sounds so much like a peach. I know exactly what she went though to her last breath. and i am glad she went with peace and love of life and flying. now some will stop flying wondering when it will be ther turn to die or worse survive..Like me. I had a plane crash nose first froma defect and all thought it has been five yrs now I still have the passion and lov and joy of flying. I will take to my grave... When it is time too go I hope I am in my trike or plane and go in happyness and peace not peaces. like did but survived... Quen I feel sad for yoyr relativs you had to leave behind. but you death is not with out notice. it will be with us all to the end kind. we will be thinking of you ......sorry kid. wish I had met you. gary I am sorry I never got to meet her. she sounds so much like a peach.
I know exactly what she went though to her last breath. and i am glad she went with peace and love of life and flying.
now some will stop flying wondering when it will be ther turn to die or worse survive..Like me. I had a plane crash nose first froma defect and all thought it has been five yrs now I still have the passion and lov and joy of flying. I will take to my grave… When it is time too go I hope I am in my trike or plane and go in happyness and peace not peaces. like did but survived… Quen I feel sad for yoyr relativs you had to leave behind. but you death is not with out notice. it will be with us all to the end kind. we will be thinking of you ……sorry kid. wish I had met you. gary

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