It is not easy to be open to everything that happens in a day, either outside us or within us, still less to see them all as “blessings”. Here Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, reminds us to do so, maybe from the perspective of her work with people in the last moments of their lives, when they have let go of some of the things which assumed great importance during their lives. Her words remind us today that life has a richness to be experienced and is not just to be managed or gotten through. Every aspect of this day can teach us, if we have eyes to see.

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross