This quote from Derek focuses on being strong in the face of adversity.You sayI managed to find the perfect dark and twisty image to accompany the quote.
you’re all dark and twisty,
it’s not a flaw,
it’s a strength.
It makes you who you are.
If there is a crisis you don't freeze, you move forward.This quote really hit home for me as it would for anyone who has survived a major loss. It is a beautiful testament to survivors. "You get the rest of us to move forward, because you've seen worse."
You get the rest of us to move forward, because you've seen worse.
You've survived worse and you know--we'll survive too.
I loved the quote so much that I went back to listen to the episode so I could write it down and then had it put on a mug for myself.
I have always grown
from my problems
and challenges.
From the things
that don't work out,
that's when I've really learned.
For me when I was a medical student, a resident physician or a physician in practice and now as a bereavement professor, one of the most sacred experiences was that of being with a person during their final stages or life. Being able to walk with someone through the dying process is one of the most challenging and sacred of experiences.Sharing the End of Life
Sharing the wonder and the terror of being on the edge of being is bearing a witness to a person's final journey. Walking with a loved one or a patient on this sacred final path is a very extraordinary and intimate experience, as we learn the importance of just being.
Being a Healing Presence
Often the most difficult role of a physician or a family member is knowing when to "let go" with someone at the end of life and just "to be." We may feel as though we have little to offer the dying patient, yet these wise words from Anatole Broyard, a dying patient, can help us to realize that illness may be eased by the way the doctor (or the family) responds to the patient.
There is a healing power in human presence in simply being.
© Kirsti A. Dyer, MD, MS
Sacred Life Sunday
This post is one of the Celebrating Sacred Life Sundays Post, a weekly celebration of what is sacred and special in our life. See the first post on Sacred Life Sunday to read more.
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Sources:
Dyer, K. Healers and Healing. July 1998. At: http://dying.about.com/od/poetry/a/healers.htm
Ostaseski F. How to be with a Dying Person. On Our Own Terms. 2000, Educational Broadcasting Corporation/Public Affairs Television, Inc. At: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/articles/withperson-tools.html
Being a Supportive Friend to A Grieving Person, North Central Florida Hospice, Inc. 1996. http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh/kirstimd/friend.htm
Rabow MW, McPhee SJ. Beyond breaking bad news: how to help patient who suffer. WJM 1999:171:260-263. At: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1305864
Broyard A. Doctor Talk to Me. New York Times. August, 26 1990.
Image Source:
Julio Cid. Being Hands. Used with Permission
Free Hug Day - September 10, 2007.In a world that has grown more complicated, more fierce in the demands made upon our hearts and pocket books, there is one easy, free gift left. The power of touch.
Don't turn away from the elderly, disabled, terminally ill or long term care residents because their needs seem beyond your ability to give. The one thing they need the most is the most simple, yet profound gift you have to give. Your kind hand holding theirs and a hug from your heart.
The gift of touch is the most powerful healing you can offer another, and it is the most powerful healing you can give yourself.
Give generously and watch yourself grow rich in what matters the most. Hug often, hug well...I embrace your spirit....Kathleen Keating Schloessinger
The Free Hugs Campaign began as one person's attempt to make a difference and reach out to others to brighten their lives.
May your days be filled with moments that matter.At the end of life,
it's the laughter,
the tears,
the shared joys and
the shared heartaches
that we remember.
The wealth,
the work,
the trials
and problems
are as nothing.
It's the quality of our days
and the people we share them with
that make all the difference.Margaret James
Remember for more Grief, Loss & Comfort Quotes see our rotating quotes at the bottom of the page, or click on the Quotations or Quotes label.
Dyer KA. Grief, Loss & Comfort Quotes *Check out the bottom of the blog* http://grief-loss-info.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-blog-feature-grief-loss-comfort.html
Perhaps they are not stars,
but rather openings in heaven
where the love of our lost ones
pours through
and shines down upon us
to let us know they are happy.
Remember for more Grief, Loss & Comfort Quotes see our rotating quotes at the bottom of the page, or click on the Quotations or Quotes label.
Dyer KA. Grief, Loss & Comfort Quotes *Check out the bottom of the blog*
Some of the many uses for this eBook include:
From time to time I will be adding additional Grief, Loss & Comfort quotes to the site, to enlarge our collection. Here is one that I came across recently, a reminder how rapidly death can arrive, and to focus on the present moment.
Death can come at any minute, in any way.
We do not know what is in store tomorrow, or,
whether there is a tomorrow, or even a tonight!
But still, we have the golden present.
Now we are alive and kicking.
What should we do now? Love all, serve all.
