Dying is an integral part of life, as natural and predictable as being born. But whereas birth is cause for celebration, death has become a dreaded and unspeakable issue to be avoided by every means possible in our modern society. Perhaps it is that

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death.

Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings

I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.

I was destined to work with dying patients. I had no choice when I encountered my first AIDS patient. I felt called to travel some 250,000 miles each year to hold workshops that helped people cope with the most painful aspects of life, death and the transition between the two.