The Beautiful Heart Foundation, Inc.
"The heart of the world is in our hands."
www.beautifulheart.net
Project DANGAL is one of the major thrusts of the Beautiful Heart Foundation, Inc. of restoring the dignity of death and dying.
Is there any good reason to be afraid of dying?
"No, if you have enough people who love you,
who will see to it that your needs are met, so that if you request to die
at home you will be allowed to die at home. If you don't want to die in
a hospital, you should at least be able to go to a hospice.
For that, you need a support system around you, people who really know you,
because people don't volunteer that. You have to speak up as a patient.
If you can't speak anymore, like I couldn't speak after my stroke, you need
somebody who speaks up for you. I hope that when I die, if I can't speak
anymore, that they at least let me go to my farm and die at home, where
I can have a cup of coffee and a cigarette. Which is a bad habit, but I
know it's a bad habit."
