Original Ars Moriendi Panel
The ninth ars moriendi panel shows family, friends and clergy providing support during the process of dying and emphasises the role of community in the art of dying well.
Modern Context
This topic translates readily to a modern context, but to add a flavor notion towards an art of living well one might put an emphasis on the importance of relational honesty and health in both life and as life’s end approaches. If there’s an art to dying well it definitely requires leaving key relationships in good health and honesty before life’s end arrives.
Questions for Relational Honesty & Health:
How do you view the health of your key relationships? Great, good, poor? Make a list of core family members, friends, etc… and rate them.
How honest are your relationships? Both in how you share yourself and how comfortable others are with you?
Who do you need to work to increase relational health with?
How can you nurture greater relational honesty both for what you share of yourself, and how safe others feel to share with you?
Who can you ask for perspective on this? Ask them how honest they think others are with you, and vice versa.
What would excellent health in your key relationships look like going forward?
What do you desire it to be like?
What needs to change for this to be achieved?
Who do you need to reconcile with?
Who do you need to thank?
Who do you need to rejoice with?