Not everyone wants to face his or her own mortality, and when I speak about my death, it inevitably triggers people's feelings about their own demise. This can be valuable if people want to explore their feelings about death. They attack me personally, rather than face their own fears. I may be ridiculed for my ideas about death, but if I'm committed to creating more openness about death, I'd better start by being open about my own death. Please understand that despite my death prediction, I realize that I could still die tomorrow or in a hundred years.
Wild cards keep the mystery intact.
However, knowledge of my date with destiny resonates deeply within my body, and I trust my body. For now, I'm sitting with dying at the age of fifty-five, in the year 2009. We're all in the same boat now. We all know, and we don't know. Special thanks to my partner, John Giovine, for his courage in supporting my death work.