Yet another book from the Ele's Place library cart. It's a little different because it's written by a woman dying of cancer but still had some interesting perspectives.
"The rain falls on the just and the unjust. We do not expect God's special intervention for us."
"Out of the Second World War comes the story of a father and his daughter seeking refuge from the bombs that showered London. He found a deep crater, which he thought would offer safety and took shelter there. He called to his daughter, telling her to jump. She was afraid of the darkness below and said, "But I can't see you." And he replied, "It's all right--I can see you." So she jumped and was caught in his waiting arms. We can't see God waiting for us. But He can see us. That's the leap of faith."
This was a sad thought to me:
"When I die, my husband loses his wife, his lover, his confidante. My children lose their mother. Each friend loses me as a friend. But I lose all human relationships. That's the meaning of the free fall. That's the meaning of being alone."
Comparing a long illness to a sudden death: "But the difference is that the victim of sudden death does not have to think about it every day for months on end. He has been spared the long-term consciousness and anxiety of a prolonged death."
"And I believe prolonged illness is far more destructive to the person dying and for those around them than sudden death."
On suicide: "For me, suicide is a sin--one I'm sure God forgives in similar situations--but somehow I don't want my life to end on that note. It would deny the strength of my faith. It would hurt my family. But most of all, I still have that overwhelming fear of death. And suicide is death. I would be just as dead as I will be when the normal course of my disease is completed. I don't want to die then, I don't want to die now."
"I hope my legacy will be in my relationships."
On a banner that the lady in this story wanted displayed at her funeral: "Here Comes the Sun."
"We die the way we live."
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