Can There Be Beauty In The Midst of Pain?
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." - Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
What do you think about the above quote:
a) as it applies to you OR:
b) as it applies to people at the end of life,
c) as it applies to the families of people who are at the end of life,
d) as it applies to people who have experienced loss in the past, and are on their “Journey of Healing”,
e) as it applies to people who have experienced loss and now take comfort in comforting others:
f) as it applies to people such as, caregivers, volunteers, people who work in palliative care and see it as a “calling” rather than a “job”?
On the surface, it seems almost impossible to see beauty anywhere when one mired in the ugliness of grief. Do we only see beauty (or do we only become beautiful) after much time has passed?
I love this definition of beautiful: “What makes someone beautiful is what’s in their hearts and how they treat others.” - anon