The Inseparability of Life and Death

• 💡 Dr. B.J. Miller emphasizes that dying people are still living, and that the way to prepare for a good death is to live well without regret.
• 🔑 He believes that death creates preciousness and gives us the impulse to make meaning, as it proves we are alive.
• ⏳ The finite nature of time is a powerful teacher, urging us to live our lives today and make consequential decisions without delay.

Personal Transformation Through Adversity

• ⚡ Miller shares his experience of losing three limbs in a college accident, which recalibrated his perspective and made comparison to others impossible.
• 🌱 He highlights that his mother's lifelong disability sensitized him to disability, preventing him from experiencing the typical