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What does it mean?
Facing a serious illness can bring a sense of peace in death.
In plain terms
A terminal disease may give a calm acceptance of death.
What can you take from it?
Find peace in confronting mortality.

Where it applies

  • terminal diagnosis
  • grief counseling
  • end‑of‑life planning

Putting it to work

  • seek support
  • reflect on life
  • write a will

Questions to consider

  • How does confronting death change your priorities?
  • What does peace mean to you?

Another view

It may romanticize a tragic situation.

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