"Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself. Learning life's lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be."
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross was a Swiss-born American psychiatrist and author who helped pioneer modern hospice and end-of-life studies. She is widely associated with the five stages model of grief presented in On Death and Dying.