Heaven and hell offer the same circumstances and conditions. The difference is in the way people treat each other. Choosing to be kind creates one ki… - David Kessler

I guess the real question is, Why not me? Why did I think I was going to get through this life without sorrow, pain, or grief?

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.

"Your pain will not always be like this," I told her. "It will change." This is a message that the grieving need to hear, and in the moment of saying it, I often observe a shift. The person looks up at me and says, "It will?" And he or she suddenly becomes lighter.