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Hope for this. Hope for the infinite opportunity and oppression present in every single moment. Hope for the suffering that comes with freedom. For the pain that comes from happiness. For the wisdom that comes from ignorance. For the power
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“Sometimes success is less about making good habits easy and more about making bad habits hard.”
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“It might be helpful if more people would talk about death and dying as an intrinsic part of life just as they do not hesitate to mention when someone is expecting a new baby.”
― On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
― On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
“With the extensive treatment and hospitalization, financial burdens are added; little luxuries at first and necessities later on may not be afforded anymore. The immense sums that such treatments and hospitalizations cost in recent years have forced many patients to sell the only possessions they had; they were unable to keep a house which they built for their old age, unable to send a child through college, and unable perhaps to make many dreams come true.”
― On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
― On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
“The belief has long died that suffering here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. Suffering has lost its meaning.”
― On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
― On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
“How, then, do we know when a patient is giving up “too early” when we feel that a little fight on his part combined with the help of the medical profession could give him a chance to live longer? How can we differentiate this from the stage of acceptance, when our wish to prolong his life often contradicts his wish to rest and die in peace? If we are unable to differentiate these two stages we do more harm than good to our patients, we will be frustrated in our efforts, and will make his dying a painful last experience.”
― On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
― On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
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