Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
Rabindranath Tagore
Unable are the loved
Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality. Emily Dickinson
Loved One Dying
Begin to live each
Begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Watching a peaceful death
Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
It\\’s only when we
It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth – and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
The reality is that
The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not \”get over\” the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you … Read more
From personal experience, I
From personal experience, I completely agree that it is often easier to go for monotone sadness. When I was starting out, I wrote a gazillion short stories that ran the gamut of human suffering – drug addiction, child abuse, terminal illness, loved ones dying by all manner of misfortune, etc. In hindsight, it’s clear that … Read more
Death is more universal
Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives. Andrew Sachs