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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. Tomorrow comes more brightly.”

    — Mary Anne Radmacher, Contemporary American Author And Artist

    “The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be…

    — Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, a Swiss-American psychiatrist and author of the internationally best-selling book, On Death and Dying, where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief.

    “You can think about the past, casting your mind back, or think about the future, casting your mind forward, but you live here, in the present. Keep your mind here the best you can today.”

    — Maggie Smith, Contemporary American Poet

    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

    — Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist

    “Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.”

    — H. L. Mencken, American Journalist, Essayist and Cultural Critic

    “We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.”

    — Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize-Winning African American Baptist Minister, and Civil Rights Advocate and Icon