David Kessler Quotes

. . . even twins are not here to go on each other's journeys.

There is no greater gift you can give someone in grief than to ask them about their loved one, and then truly listen. When we see our sorrow in the eyes of another, we know our grief has meaning. We get a glimpse, maybe for the first time since the loss, that we will survive, and a future is possible.

Death ends a life, but not our relationship, our love, or our hope.

The time will come when memory will bring a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eyes.

Here are some thoughts that may guide you in understanding meaning: Meaning is relative and personal Meaning takes time. You may not find it until months or even years after loss Meaning doesn't require understanding. It's not necessary to understand why someone died in order to find meaning Even when you do find meaning, you won't feel it was worth the cost of what you lost Your loss is not a test, a lesson, something to handle, a gift, or a blessing. Loss is simply what happens to you in life. Meaning is what you make happen Only you can find your own meaning Meaningful connections will heal painful memories

Yes, it's true. You don't have to experience grief, but you can only avoid it by avoiding love. Love and grief are inextricably intertwined.

While death may look like a loss to the living, the last hours of a dying person may very well be filled with fullness rather than emptiness.

I've worked in the medical field for years as a nurse. I try to know the ins and outs of the health-care system, but nothing challenges a person as much as when his or her own family members become ill.

but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

an invitation to witness and celebrate the “light” of every day that dawns for us.

It helps to say, "I'm unhappy today," and leave it at that.

When it comes to food, we are, in essence, following an eating script that has been written into the circuits of our brains.

We arrive in the middle of the movie and we leave in the middle of the movie.

We must move slowly into the unknown of life after death.

She realized that for the dying butterflies were a symbol of transformation, not of death, but of life continuing, no matter what.