Quotes About Understanding

When someone is telling you their story over and over, they are trying to figure something out.

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Todas las teorías y toda la ciencia del mundo no pueden ayudar a nadie tanto como un ser humano que no teme abrir su corazón a otro.

We need time to move through the pain of loss. We need to step into it, really to get to know it, in order to learn

are not accustomed to the emotional upheaval that accompanies a loss. People experience a wide array of emotions after a loss, from not caring to being on edge to feeling angry or sad about everything. We can go from feeling okay to feeling devastated in a minute without warning. We can have mood swings that are hard for anyone around us to comprehend, because even we don't understand them.

When you compare losses, someone else's may seem greater or lesser than your own, but all losses are painful. If

Tal vez el principal obstáculo que nos impide comprender la muerte es que nuestro inconsciente es incapaz de aceptar que nuestra existencia deba terminar.

We're expected to go back to work immediately, keep moving, to get on with our lives. But it doesn't work that way. We need time to move through the pain of loss. We need to step into it, really to get to know it, in order to learn

Forgive them if you need to

Debemos aceptar con humildad que haya millones de cosas que no entendemos todavía, pero esto no quiere decir que sólo por el hecho de no comprenderlas no existan o no sean realidades.

de todo el mundo. Para asegurarme de que nunca rechazaran

La vida acaba cuando hemos aprendido todo lo que tenemos que aprender.

so many ways, loss shows us what is precious, while love teaches us who

Most people's initial reaction to sad people is to try to cheer them up, to tell them not to look at things so grimly, to look at the bright side of life. This cheering-up reaction is often an expression of that person's own needs and that person's own inability to tolerate a long face over an extended period. A mourner should be allowed to experience his sorrow, and he will be grateful for those who can sit with him without telling him not to be sad.

Nor could I have imagined that afterward I would spend the rest of my life explaining that death does not exist.

Se crece si no se esconde la cabeza en la arena sino que se acepta el sufrimiento intentando comprenderlo, no como una maldición o un castigo sino como un regalo hecho con un fin determinado.

Cuando éramos niños, si no cumplíamos la voluntad de los adultos, éramos castigados, y sin embargo, una educación afectuosa habría podido hacernos entrar en razón

Si no utilizáis, además de la cabeza, vuestro corazón y vuestra alma, no ayudaréis a nadie.

Perhaps the biggest obstacle anyone faces in the effort to understand death is that it's impossible for the unconscious mind to imagine an end to its own life.

Los que recuerdan los sueños saben que muchas de nuestras preguntas encuentran allí una respuesta

Vivir bien quiere decir aprender a amar.

Intento explicaros que el saber es útil, sin duda, pero que el conocimiento solo no ayudará a nadie. Si no utilizáis, además de la cabeza, vuestro corazón y vuestra alma, no ayudaréis a nadie.

Tony's wife, Carol, would always get mad at

Learning life's lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself.