Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."
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"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."
"الناس كالنوافذ الزجاجية الملونة؛ تتلألأ وتشرق ما دامت الشمس ساطعة، ولكن عندما يحل الظلام، لا يظهر جمالها الحقيقي إلا إذا كان هناك نور ينبع من دواخلها."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings."
"لو حَجَبتَ الأوديةَ عن عواصف الريح، لما أبصرتَ قطّ الجمالَ الحقيقيَّ لنقوشها."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive - to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are."
"ليس فناء الجسد ما ينبغي أن يقلقنا، بل جلّ همّنا أن نحيا حقاً ما دمنا أحياء؛ أن نُحرّر ذواتنا الباطنة من الموت الروحي الذي يخلّفه العيش وراء قناع مصمّم ليوافق تعريفات خارجية لماهيتنا ووجودنا."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had."
"لا نبدأ في عيش كل يوم بكل ما فيه، وكأنه اليوم الوحيد الذي نملكه، إلا عندما ندرك حقًا ونستوعب أن وقتنا في هذه الدنيا محدود، وأننا لا سبيل لنا لمعرفة متى ينقضي أجلنا."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime."
"أؤمن بأننا وحدنا المسؤولون عن خياراتنا، وعلينا أن نتقبل عواقب كل فعل وقول وفكر طوال حياتنا."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."
"الناس كالنوافذ الزجاجية الملونة؛ تتلألأ وتشعّ حين تشرق الشمس، أما عندما يحلّ الظلام، فلا ينجلي جمالها الحقيقي إلا إذا كان هناك نورٌ منبعثٌ من داخلها."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them."
"أقول لمن يرعى المحتضرين: إن كنتم حقاً تحبون ذلك الشخص وترغبون في مساعدته، فكونوا معه حين يقترب أجله. اجلسوا بجانبه، لا يلزمكم حتى الكلام. ليس عليكم فعل شيء سوى أن تكونوا حاضرين معه بكل جوارحكم."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"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."
"تَقَدَّرَ لي أن أعمل مع المرضى المحتضرين. لم يكن لي خيار حين واجهت أول مريض بالإيدز. شعرتُ بنداء يدفعني لقطع نحو 250 ألف ميل سنويًا لإقامة ورش عمل تُعين الناس على مواجهة أشد جوانب الحياة إيلامًا، والموت، والانتقال بينهما."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"When I came to this country in 1958, to be a dying patient in a medical hospital was a nightmare. You were put in the last room, furthest away from the nurses' station. You were full of pain, but they wouldn't give you morphine. Nobody told you that you were full of cancer and that it was understandable that you had pain and needed medication."
"حين وطئت قدماي هذا البلد عام 1958، كان أن تكون مريضًا يحتضر في مستشفى طبي كابوسًا حقيقيًا. كنت توضع في الغرفة الأخيرة، الأبعد عن مكتب الممرضات. كنت تتألم بشدة، لكنهم لم يعطوك المورفين. لم يخبرك أحد بأن جسدك كان يعج بالسرطان، وأن ألمك كان مفهومًا وحاجتك للدواء مبررة."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear."
"علينا أن نُعلّم الجيل القادم من الأطفال، منذ يومهم الأول، أنهم مسؤولون عن حياتهم. إن أعظم هبة للبشرية، وأيضاً أعظم لعنة لها، هي أننا نملك حرية الاختيار. يمكننا أن نبني خياراتنا إما على الحب أو على الخوف."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experience - to help produce, in the next generation, more Mother Teresas and less Hitlers."
"لم أدرك حينها تماماً، لكن هدف حياتي تشكّل عميقاً بهذه التجربة: أن أُسهم في إنجاب جيل قادم يحمل في طياته المزيد من أمهات تريزا، والقليل جداً من هتلر."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"Live, so you do not have to look back and say: 'God, how I have wasted my life."
"عِشْ حياتك كي لا تضطرّ إلى النظر خلفك قائلاً: "يا إلهي، كم أضعتُ من عمري!"
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"Consciously or not, we are all on a quest for answers, trying to learn the lessons of life. We grapple with fear and guilt. We search for meaning, love, and power. We try to understand fear, loss, and time. We seek to discover who we are and how we can become truly happy."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"The five stages - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"Learning 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. Learning life's lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be."
"إن استيعاب دروس الحياة أشبه ببلوغ النضج. لا تزداد فجأة سعادة أو ثراء أو قوة، بل تزداد فهمًا للعالم من حولك، وتصالحًا مع ذاتك. فتعلم دروس الحياة ليس سعيًا لجعل حياتك مثالية، بل هو رؤية الحياة على حقيقتها كما قُصد لها أن تكون."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from."
"تعلم أن تتصل بالصمت الكامن في أعماقك، واعلم أن لكل شيء في الحياة غاية. فليس ثمة أخطاء أو مصادفات، بل كل الأحداث نِعمٌ تُمنح لنا لنتعلم منها."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have regarded me as the 'Death and Dying' Lady. They believe that having spent more than three decades in research into death and life after death qualifies me as an expert on the subject. I think they miss the point."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
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