ALICE
Alice McGovern, September 18, 1945-April 25, 2011
Teacher, friend, mom, mentor, RN, health educator and so much more.
Rather than repeat Alice's obituary here, I will simply post from her refrigerator, via her memorial service
The Ten Secrets About Life
1) Everything you need to be happy is inside of you.
2) The purpose of life is to grow into the best human being you can be.
3) Change is inevitable, so stop resisting and surrender to life's flow.
4) All obstacles are lessons in disguise.
5) Your mind creates your experiences.
6) Fear will steal your aliveness. Make your courage bigger than your fear.
7) You must love yourself before you can really give love or receive love from anyone else.
8) All relationships are your mirrors, and all people are your teachers.
9) True freedom comes from how you respond to life, and not from what life does to you.
10) Whatever the question, LOVE is the answer.
Alice's final gifts were her movement into serenity and her wisdom at, as she put it, taking the journey of dying. She chose a good death, asked us to pray for her to have a good death and she did. She showed us that death IS a transition into awe, that there is no need to be afraid. Alice said, "I put my affairs in the care of goodness, love and wisdom." Let us all do the same. Thank you Alice.
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