Kristen

“Life-threatening illness calls us to a place—metaphorically a desert or mountain peak—where, as we sit, the hard wind of reality strips away all the trappings of life, like so much clothing, makeup, and accessories.”
― Joan Halifax, Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

“Denial of death runs rampant through our culture, leaving us woefully unprepared when it is our time to die, or our time to help others die. We often aren’t available for those who need us, paralyzed as we are by anxiety and resistance—nor are we available for ourselves.”
― Joan Halifax, Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

“When someone is telling you their story over and over, they are trying to figure something out.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss

“But intellect does not inform matters of the heart. Regrets”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss