In one of her books, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross shared a poem written by one of her patients, Richard Allen, about the meaning of life. She wrote of Allen’s poem:
“Here he summed up not his own life but, the life of his father. His father was to him an example of a man who started very negatively and struggled to get rid of his own negativity and his judgmental attitude and who became a being of total and unconditional love, able to pass it on to his children and his children’s children.”
When You Love
When you love, give it everything you have got.
And when you have reached your limit, give it more,
And forget the pain of it.
Because as you face your death
It is only the love that you have given and received which will count,
And all the rest:
The accomplishments, the struggle, the fights Will be forgotten in your reflection.
And if you have loved well
Then it will all have been worth it.
And the joy of it will last you through the end. But if you have not,
Death will always come too soon
And be too terrible to face.
— Richard Allen
Excerpt from: Kubler- Ross, Elisabeth, The Tunnel and the Light: Essential Insights on Living and Dying. Philadelphia: Perseus Books. p. 76
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