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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition:
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“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska:
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“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead:
A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Tag Archives: Quotes about Life
“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.”
-William Feather
Photo Credit: adventure.howstuffworks.com
“We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.”
-David Sarnoff
Photo Credit: BrainBlogger
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged David Sarnoff, David Sarnoff Quotes, Quotes about Death, Quotes about Life
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“Look, I really don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive, you’ve got to flap your arms and legs, you’ve got to jump around a lot, you’ve got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy, or at least your thoughts should be noisy and colorful and lively.”
-Mel Brooks
Photo Credit: Jump in the Air
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged Famous Quotes, Mel Brooks, Mel Brooks Quotes, Quotes about Life
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“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.”
-Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations"
Photo Credit: GoodFon
“Being fired has some of the advantages of dying without its supreme disadvantages. People say extra-nice things about you, and you get to hear them.”
-Howard Zinn
Photo Credit: The New York Times