elisabeth kubler ross

“ It is important to feel the anger without judging it, without attempting to find meaning in it... Life is unfair. Death is unfair. Anger is a natural reaction to the unfairness of loss. ”

“ When someone is telling you their story over and over, they are trying to figure something out. ”

“ I'm not okay, you're not okay, and that's okay. ”

“ Love is really the only thing we can possess, keep with us, and take with us. ”

“ Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth. ”

“ Should you shield the valleys from the windstorms, you would never see the beauty of their canyons. ”

“ Begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had. ”

“ Your sorrow is the inevitable result of circumstances beyond your control. ”

“ It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it. ”

“ The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths. ”