“When we avoid children’s questions about death, we inadvertently communicate that they should shove their scary thoughts down. That ultimately reinforces a death-phobic culture. Talking to children about death is a delicate balance, but I believe we owe them the truth of our “I don’t know, but what I do know is. .”
― Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
― Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
“Sometimes we get addicted to needing. Sometimes we get addicted to being needed.”
― The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
― The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
“I realized what I felt . . . happy. It was such a strange, unusual feeling—light, calm, as though I’d swallowed sunshine.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
“She asked if Peter would go back to where he was before he was born, the place she had recently come from. Children”
― Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
― Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
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