Without guidance and support for patients and families approaching death, there may be unnecessary conflict, confusion, and trauma that linger long after the passing of a loved one.

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.

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.

By acknowledging my impermanence, I can consider if there is anything I can do now to help my loved ones who will be left behind cope with losing me and to facilitate healing.

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

As I inch forward to embrace my life again by being mindful, writing books, and planning adventures, I sense my dad would approve. I know he would want me to be happy.

I am certain that I’m not the only one who would like to have a do-over on an interaction with a loved one.

A paradigm shift of viewing palliative care or hospice as a gift instead of seeing it as giving up has the potential to change the way we experience advanced age.

I believe it’s imperative to bring the light of support and knowledge to patients and families when death is approaching.

It behooves me to remember as I advance in age that death is an inevitable part of the life cycle rather than a medical failure.

It's better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.

Man without compassion is the coldest thing ever in this universe!

Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience.

For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language.

The longer I work in nutrition, the more convinced I become that for the healthy person all foods should be delicious.

For most of my life, one of the persons most baffled by my own work was myself.

My idea of gardening is to discover something wild in my wood and weed around it with the utmost care until it has a chance to grow and spread.

History takes place between the Fall and the Apocalypse, with a narrow escape route called Salvation.

Although I'm a comedian, I'm also an amateur survivalist.

God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.