“There are losses that rearrange the world. Deaths that change the way you see everything, grief that tears everything down. Pain that transports you to an entirely different universe, even while everyone else thinks nothing has really changed.” Megan Devine
Quote of the Day:
“And if the only reward for racing through life, is death, then may I forever savour the long way around; languidly stretching myself across every detour & backroad, for if the destination is all the same, at least may the journey be a slow & scenic one.” Liz Fair
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“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.” Socrates
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“Embrace your grief. For there, your soul will grow.” Carl G. Jung
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“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.”
Isaac Asimov
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“I have heard stories
of grudges let go on deathbeds
a final grip loosening
all I know is I want to be buried
with my arms already open.”
Bennett Nieberg
Quote of the Day:
“Our death is our wedding with eternity.” Rumi
Epitaph inscription, Ireland:
“The wind that gave me my first breath also received my last sigh.”
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“Someday death will take us to another star.” Vincent Van Gogh
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“Death is not extinguishing the light. It is simply putting out the lamp, because the dawn has come.” Tagore
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“Death is the middle of a long life.” Irish proverb
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“I am what happens between the maternity ward and the Crematorium.” Alan Watts
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“Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.” Bertolt Brecht
Inspiration for the Day:
“I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep…Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.” May Sarton
Quote of the Day:
“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” Elbert Hubbard
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“Where death touches our lives, it transfigures the inner landscape. Nothing will ever be the same after someone we love has left this world. Whether they draw their last breath at one hundred or never had a chance to draw their first breath at birth, our loved ones who have died seem to teach us the most about being alive.”
Mirabai Starr
Quote of the Day:
“In the Lakota/Sioux tradition, a person who is grieving is considered most wakan, most holy. There’s a sense that when someone is struck by the sudden lightning of loss, he or she stands on the threshold of the spirit world. The prayers of those who grieve are considered especially strong, and it is proper to ask them for their help.
You might recall what it’s like to be with someone who has grieved deeply. The person has no layer of protection, nothing left to defend. The mystery is looking out through that person’s eyes. For the time being, he or she has accepted the reality of loss and has stopped clinging to the past or grasping at the future. In the groundless openness of sorrow, there is a wholeness of presence and a deep natural wisdom.” Tara Brach
Quote of the Day:
“We fear death, we shudder at life’s instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall, and in our hearts, we know that we, too, are transitory and will soon disappear. When artists create pictures and thinkers search for laws and formulate thoughts, it is in order to salvage something from the great dance of death, to make something last longer than we do.” Hermann Hesse
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“Unable are the Loved to die, for love is immortality.” Emily Dickinson
Quote of the Day:
“Our death is our wedding with eternity.” Rumi