“By seizing every opportunity for kindness, forgiveness, healing, and love that crosses my path each day, I hope that my death, although perhaps sad for some, will be gracefully concluded.”

“I believe one of the most important reasons I am here today is to practice forgiveness and to learn the power of it as a gift to others and myself. By focusing on forgiveness in my life today, I am...”

“The shift from thinking that I must feel forgiveness to the practice of repetitive giving forgiveness has helped me in my healing journey.”

“Surrendering to the best of my abilities when the price of life has outweighed its benefit may be a compassionate choice for me and those around me.”

“Grief is part of my human experience. There will always be loss during my lifetime. Loss has come in a variety of forms to mesuch as death, divorce, losing a job, and selling a beloved home. Each e...”

“As I enlarged my vision to see the bigger picture of my dads full life, I was better able to let go of being stuck in memories of its end.”

“Life is but a breath.The end of life is the last breath of a man.”

“Gomers are human beings who have lost what goes into being human beings. They want to die, and we will not let them.”

“[We think our job is to ensure health and survival. But really it is larger than that. It is to enable well-being. And well-being is about the reasons one wishes to be alive. Those reasons matter n...”

“Our health care approaches squander billions on extravagant treatment regimes that end up accomplishing little, as a society we refuse to adopt the small, even tiny adjustments that could easily re...”