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Simon Boas

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

July 06, 1977

Died

July 15, 2024

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Simon Boas was born in 1977 and spent his childhood in London and Winchester. He got the bug for Overseas Aid after delivering his first aid convoy to Bosnia (at 16) in 1993, and went on to spend his career working for development charities and the UN. He worked in Africa for many years, and lived in Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, Nepal, India, and the Palestinian Territories, including three years running a UN office in the Gaza Strip. He spent his last eight years living in Jersey, running the Island’s Overseas Aid agency, accompanied by his beloved wife Aurelie and his scruffy French sheepdog, Pippin.

At 46 he was diagnosed with advanced throat cancer and had a year of living dyingly, during which he found himself as happy as he’d ever been. He ...more

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“Try not to grieve. For a few years yet I will exist in memory, but don’t let these thoughts be sad ones. Think of your own life like a book. For some people I am a chapter; for others I am a paragraph or a footnote. But please think of the Simon section of your history with happiness, and move on. Your book is your own. And for goodness’ sake don’t let the thinking about an essentially happy chapter mar the rest of it – that really doesn’t make sense. My life was pretty great – so smile about it!”
― Simon Boas, A Beginner's Guide to Dying

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“As the prayer goes, ‘grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
― Simon Boas, A Beginner's Guide to Dying

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“If I whine that my life will have been shorter than many modern people’s I am massively missing the point. I’ve existed for 46 years! It’s as churlish as winning the £92 million Euromillions jackpot and then complaining bitterly when you discover that there’s another winning ticket and you’ll only get half the money.”
― Simon Boas, A Beginner's Guide to Dying

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