Christopher Kijowski

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We mourn with those who mourn; weep with those in tears. John Ruusbroec, the fourteenth-century Dutch mystic, said “compassion is a wounding of the heart which love extends to all without distinction.” At the end of life, as at the beginning of life, we need communities of compassion to hold our pain.”
― Karen Speerstra, The Divine Art of Dying: How to Live Well While Dying

“Bring me the sunset in a cup.”
― Emily Dickinson

“How then shall we live? Fully. Intentionally. Attentively. Lovingly.”
― Karen Speerstra, The Divine Art of Dying: How to Live Well While Dying