We can consciously end our ...

We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal... in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live
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 Peter McWilliams

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AIDS has come upon us with cruel abandon. It has forced us to confront and deal with the frailty of our being and the reality of death. It has forced us into a realization that we must cherish every moment of the glorious experience of this thing we call life. We are learning to value our own lives of our loved ones as if any moment may be the last.
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 Peter McWilliams
The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.
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 Peter McWilliams
The willingness to do creates the ability to do.
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 Peter McWilliams
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
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 Peter McWilliams
The part of us that feels anger and depression is the same part that feels peace and love. If you refuse to feel the anger and the pain of a loss, you will not be able to feel anything else until that area heals. In other words, stay out of your own way. Let yourself feel bad if you want to feel bad. Feel joy, too. Healing is taking place. Give yourself the gift of healing.
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 Peter McWilliams