Old Age Is Not Synonymous With Being

I Once Considered Writing A Book Called I'm Not Ok And You're Not Ok, And That's Ok. Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-ross Family Limited Partnership.

I've Told My Children That When I Die, To Release Balloons In The Sky To Celebrate That I Graduated. For Me, Death Is A Graduation. Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-ross Family Limited Partnership.

Consciously Or Not, We Are All On A Quest For Answers, Trying To Learn The Lessons Of Life. We Grapple With Fear And Guilt. We Search For Meaning, Love, And Power. We Try To Understand Fear, Loss, And Time. We Seek To Discover Who We Are And How We Can Become Truly Happy. Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-ross Family Limited Partnership.

The Five Stages - Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, And Acceptance - Are A Part Of The Framework That Makes Up Our Learning To Live With The One We Lost. They Are Tools To Help Us Frame And Identify What We May Be Feeling. But They Are Not Stops On Some Linear Timeline In Grief. Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-ross Family Limited Partnership.

Mourning Can Go On For Years And Years. It Doesn't End After A Year, That's A False Fantasy. It Usually Ends When People Realize That They Can Live Again, That They Can Concentrate Their Energies On Their Lives As A Whole, And Not On Their Hurt, And Guilt And Pain. Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-ross Family Limited Partnership.