Stories

worldwide STORIES of "a completed life"

Ralph Harms, 80, California, USA

"I'm going to die. So, now I have an option. How do I want to die? Having the cancer do it for me or jumping ahead? I'm going to win this race."

John Alan Lee, 80, Ontario, Canada

"The buddha says that the main source of human suffering is just 3 little words, which in English translate into as: just one more. People don't know when to say, that was good, that was enough."

Esther Richards, 56, Tauranga, New Zealand

"I believe in the person's right to choose. Dying is not a choice, we are not choosing to die. We are choosing not to suffer as we die."

Brittany Maynard, 30, Oregon, USA

"Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love. Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness, this terrible brain cancer that has taken so much from me ... but would have taken so much more."

Michael, 69, Toronto, Canada

"Life is beautiful. Life is so beautiful. We have a gift. We have a chance to do something. We have one chance to do something amazing, and make a mark."

Mike, Geoffrey, and Tony: Perth, Australia

"It's humane, it's the most humane way for you to die. If you could choose to die like that, you should."

Alex, 65, Manchester, UK

"If it was available in England I could possibly live longer. A lot of the critics say it is devaluing life. It's not devaluing life. I love life. I don't want to die. I had great plans for my retirement. There's a lot of fun to be had."

dedicated to promoting expressions of "A Completed Life"