We all have to go through the tumbler a few times before we can emerge as a crystal. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross More Quotes by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross More Quotes From Elisabeth Kubler-Ross People after death become complete again. The blind can see, the deaf can hear, cripples are no longer crippled after all their vital signs have ceased to exist. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross vital-signs blind people Death is simply a shedding of the physical body, like the butterfly coming out of a cocoon. . . . It's like putting away your winter coat when spring comes. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross butterfly spring death There is no problem that is not actually a gift. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross no-problem problem Negativity can only feed on negativity. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross negativity I have learned there is no joy without hardship. There is no pleasure without pain. Would we know the comfort of peace without the distress of war? Elisabeth Kubler-Ross pain war death "...All events are blessings given to us to learn from and therefore we should be grateful for the opportunity to grow and evolve into our best selves." Elisabeth Kubler-Ross gratitude grateful blessing Is war perhaps nothing else but a need to face death, to conquer and master it, to come out of it alive -- a peculiar form of denial of our mortality? Elisabeth Kubler-Ross peculiar war needs 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. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross accepting death facts What is important is to realize that whether we understand fully who we are or what will happen when we die, it's our purpose to grow as human beings, to look within ourselves, to find and build upon that source of peace and understanding and strength that is our individual self. And then to reach out to others with love and acceptance and patient guidance in the hope of what we may become together. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross understanding acceptance self Death is a graduation. When we're taught all the things we came to teach, learned all the things we came to learn, then we're allowed to graduate. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross graduates taught death I am an artist because the knot is so powerful I just can not, nor want to be, anything else or do anything else. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross powerful artist want Grief will happen either as an open healing wound or a closed festering wound, either honestly or dishonestly, either appropriately or inappropriately. But emotions will be expressed. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross emotion grief healing Lots of my dying patients say they grow in bounds and leaps, and finish all the unfinished business. But assisting a suicide is cheating them of these lessons, like taking a student out of school before final exams. That's not love, it's projecting your own unfinished business Elisabeth Kubler-Ross suicide cheating school If you are ready for mystical experiences, you have them. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross ready mystical-experiences ifs When I die I'm going to dance first in all the galaxies...I'm gonna play and dance and sing. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross dream love death We bring a deeper commitment to our happiness when we fully understand, that our time left is limited and we really need to make it count. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross death commitment needs Those who learned to know death, rather than to fear and fight it, become our teachers about life. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross inspiration teacher death To love means not to impose your own powers on your fellow man but offer him your help. And if he refuses it, to be proud that he can do it on his own strength. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross strength love life If, on the other hand, you listen to your own inner voice, to your own inner wisdom, which is far greater than anyone else's as far as you are concerned, you will not go wrong, and you will know what to do with your life. Then time is no longer relevant. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross relevant voice hands Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross losing-a-loved-one dying inspiration
