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The Arc Of Life
“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” — Haruki Murakami
His death was part of my life, and my charge remains to live as fully as I can: to give mourning its due, but also to enjoy every drive; fall in love with every book, movie and piece of music; to celebrate each and every day; and in the end, to embrace the sunset.
Dr. Ruth O. Bingham, a musicologist by trade, has retired from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; she continues to serve as mu- sic critic for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
Chasing The Light is pro- duced by Lynne Johnson and Robin Stephens Rohr.
with
Dr. Ruth O. Bingham
Birth, life, death: It’s a package deal. We should know we can’t have one without the others. After all, we practice that arc of beginning-middle-end in almost everything we do: watch a movie, take a drive, play a game, work a job, get a degree, adopt a pet, live a day. And everything around us — even the Earth, the sun, our solar system — is moving through that arc.
fraught — and yet they are. This past week, we lost a beloved pet. He had a won- derful life and was many years beyond old. We have known for some time that the end of his life was coming, and his dying was peaceful. It is not reasonable to wish for more. But reason has its limits, and
KIUC BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION
We celebrate beginnings and wrestle roller-coaster middles, but endings are a bit harder.
Endings can be lovely — sunsets are beautiful, winning/ losing games is exciting, musi- cal codas are satisfying — and fearing the end of life is like going to see the latest block- buster and spending the entire movie fretting over how it will end, so endings should not be
Recognizing the circle of life in all we do helps us live life to its fullest.
for now, my heart aches.
I understand that I am mourning less for him than
NOMINATIONS
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Members who wish to be considered should submit their application online at www.kiuc.coop/election or they can download and complete Board Policy 18. Applications must received by 4 p.m. on November 15, 2021, via email to info@kiuc.coop or delivered to:
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All potential candidates must be a KIUC member, comply with Board Policy 18 and attend an orientation to confirm
a willingness to serve. Members may also run by petition.
For more information, or to download a copy of the application, please visit the KIUC website: www.kiuc.coop/election.
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for my loss, but I still mourn. The comfort I have found has been remembering his joy in living. The arc of his birth, life and death has reminded me of my own and that I, too, will die. But today, I am alive.