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Live, so you do not have to look back and say: 'God, how I have wasted my life.'

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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, mor...more

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Those who learned to know death, rather than to fear and fight it, become our teachers about life.

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I was destined to work with dying patients. I had no choice when I encountered my first AIDS patient. I felt called to travel some 250,000 miles each ...more

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It is important to feel the anger without judging it, without attempting to find meaning in it. It may take many forms: anger at the health-care syste...more

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Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you bet...more

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Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all even...more

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For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have regarded me as the 'Death and Dying' Lady. They b...more

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Consciously or not, we are all on a quest for answers, trying to learn the lessons of life. We grapple with fear and guilt. We search for meaning, lov...more

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People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only i...more