Elisabeth Kübler-Ross writes in her book Death: The Final Stage of Growth about how being so close to death enriched her life. “Working with dying patients is not morbid and depressing,” she writes, “but can be one of the most gratifying experiences possible, and I feel now that I have lived life more fully in the last few years than some people do in a whole lifetime.” She calls death a “highly creative force.… Facing death means facing the ultimate question of the meaning of life. If we really want to live we must have the courage to recognize that life is ultimately very short, and that
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