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. Elisabeth KublerRoss
About This Quote

This quote is not only applicable to the physical, but also to the spiritual. Life can be taken away at any moment through an accident or by some other means. However, life is never lost when we release ourselves from the restrictions we have bought into. This quote is about freedom and inner growth and about releasing ourselves from self-limitations and self-imposed boundaries.

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