Children. Grandparents. Getting some writing done. Dying with dignity.
Those were just a few of your responses this week when we asked you — FRONTLINE viewers — to use the hashtag #WhatMattersMost to tell us about what has the greatest meaning in your lives. Our new film, Being Mortal, based on Dr. Atul Gawande’s New York Times bestselling book, looked at how doctors can best help patients who are near the end of their lives.
Also read: Why Is It So Hard for Doctors to Talk to Patients About Death?
Terminally ill patients have to ask themselves what matters most, and how to spend the time they have. But it’s also an important question for those of us whose deaths aren’t imminent: What do we truly care about it in this world?
We don’t need to wait until our last days to celebrate #WhatMattersMost — or to tell the people who matter most how we feel. Here are just a few of the thoughts and images shared on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube:
Just watched a @frontlinepbs film that asks what would matter most to you if you knew your time was short. Spending quality time with my friends and family is a no-brainer. So is practicing self-acceptance without judgment. Figure if I’m more kind to myself, I’ll have more energy and time to give to the people and causes I care about. #WhatMattersMost #BeingMortal
A photo posted by Thanh Tan (@thanhtan) on Feb 11, 2015 at 1:02am PST
Content retrieved from: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/heres-whatmattersmost-to-you/.