1. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D. was a Swiss-born psychiatrist and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying, where she first discussed what is now known as the Kübler-Ross model. She is a 2007 inductee into the National Women's Hall of more..more..

2. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:When we have done all the work we were sent to do, we are allowed to shed our bodies, which imprisons our soul like a cocoon encloses the butterfly and when the time is right we can let go of it. Then we will be free of pain, free of fears and free of worries— free as a beautiful butterfly returning home to God. #Life and Living#Life and Living

3. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:If you live each day of your life right, then you have nothing to fear. #Fear#Fear

4. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don't have to be a doctor working in the slums for free, or become a social worker. Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do. #Doctors#Doctors

5. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: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. #Life and Living#Life and Living

6. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you have lived. #Death and Dying#Death and Dying

7. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. #Love#Love

8. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death. #Death and Dying#Death and Dying

9. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:You will not grow if you sit in a beautiful flower garden, but you will grow if you are sick, if you are in pain, if you experience losses, and if you do not put your head in the sand, but take the pain as a gift to you with a very, very specific purpose. #Beauty#Beauty

10. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: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. #Death and Dying#Death and Dying

11. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:There is no joy without hardship. If not for death, would we appreciate life? If not for hate, would we know the ultimate goal is love? … At these moments you can either hold on to negativity and look for blame, or you can choose to heal and keep on loving. #Love#Love

12. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation. #Death and Dying#Death and Dying

13. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:After your death, when most of you for the first time realize what life here is all about, you will begin to see that your life here is almost nothing but the sum total of every choice you have made during every moment of your life. Your thoughts, which you are responsible for, are as real as your deeds. You will begin to realize that every word and every deed affects your life and has also touched thousands of lives. #Death and Dying #Death and Dying

14. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body. #Death and Dying #Death and Dying

15. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:Throughout life, we get clues that remind us of the direction we are supposed to be headed… if you stay focused, then you learn your lessons. #Love#Love

16. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experience— to help produce, in the next generation, more Mother Teresas and less Hitlers. #Vision#Vision

17. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:People in mourning have to come to grips with death before they can live again. Mourning can go on for years and years. It doesn't end after a year, that's a false fantasy. It usually ends when people realize that they can live again, that they can concentrate their energies on their lives as a whole, and not on their hurt, and guilt and pain. #Death and Dying#Death and Dying

18. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well. #Love#Love

19. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:Death is simply a shedding of the physical body like the butterfly shedding its cocoon. It is a transition to a higher state of consciousness where you continue to perceive, to understand, to laugh, and to be able to grow. #Life and Living#Life and Living

20. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:We make progress in society only if we stop cursing and complaining about its shortcomings and have the courage to do something about them. #Courage#Courage

21. “ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them. #Love#Love

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