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“In order to be at peace,
it is necessary to feel a sense of history –
that you are both part of what has come before
and part of what is yet to come.
Being thus surrounded, you are not alone;
and the sense of urgency that pervades the present
is put in perspective:
Do not frivolously use the time that is yours to spend …
Do not rest until what was intended has been done.
But remember – go as slowly as is necessary
in order to sustain a steady pace;
do not expend energy in waste.
Finally, do not allow the illusory urgencies of the immediate
to distract you from your vision of the eternal …”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
July 8, 1926 – August 24, 2004
from Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth.
Death: The Final Stage of Growth.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986.
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