Learning that one has a terminal illness is about the most shocking experience a person can have. Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey said, “The worst and most shattering day of my life was the day I learned I had cancer.”
Life was never intended to be lived as a solo but as a chorus. We must therefore stand ready to help one another through these difficult experiences of life.
What can you do to help a terminally ill friend?
1. Allow your friend to talk about his death. Don’t be guilty of the conspiracy of silence by refusing to talk seriously about death. The terminally ill patient can and will talk about his own death if we will only allow him to do so.
2. Keep showing your love. The terminally i...