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Letter to Amundson About Letting Go
Fredrick Zydek
Dear Jim: I learned the hard way I’m not good
at letting go of anything. I figured out something
very important about myself during my ordeal
with surgery and cancer. I’m not the kind of guy
who lets go of anything. They gave me a 40%
chance of coming out of the operation alive!
(It seems that fifty years of smoking cigarettes
and eating bacon for breakfast every morning
weren’t among my best options.) My doctor
recommended I consult with a specialist on death
and dying and plan my funeral. (Not my idea
of great lunch conversation.) The specialist was
spooky. She told me to go around sticking
the names of people on things I should give away
and to create situations in which I could
give my friends permission to tell me goodbye.
Right! Like I felt well enough to do all that crap.
Besides, I like my stuff, my friends and my life.
If I can’t stay here to enjoy them - then it’s my
plan to take them with me. Isn’t that what
quantum physics is all about? Hell, I think karma
and grace have been telling us that same story
for thousands of years. Believing we can either
get into heaven or reincarnate is another way
of saying how much we have enjoyed living this
life. I don’t think it’s a good idea to give any
of that away. I plan to lug all the reasons I love
my stuff and friends right to the passageway
of transition. Who knows, maybe all those
quantum folks are right - maybe I can take it all
with me. And if I can’t? Well, who’s to tell?
