Life Lessons: How Our Mortality Can Teach Us About Life and Living

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross David Kessler

ISBN 10: 0743208110 / ISBN 13: 9780743208116

Published by Simon & Schuster UK 02/01/2001, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life Lessons: How Our Mortality Can Teach Us About Life and Living
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK 02/01/2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743208110
• ISBN 13: 9780743208116
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A guide to facing life's challenges, in answer to the question: "Is this really how I want to live my life?". This book covers 14 crucial areas: identity, love and relationships, loss and fear, power, time, tolerance, patience, surrender, guilt, happiness, play and creativity.

Review

After experiencing a paralyzing stroke in 1995 and facing her own mortality, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (author of the renowned On Death and Dying) realized she had some unfinished business to take care of. "I wanted to write one more book, not on death and dying, but on life and living," she explains. So she joined forces with coauthor David Kessler, a leader in the field of hospice care, and together they wrote about the lessons we can learn about living from those who are dying. As Kessler explains in his introduction, "The dying have always been teachers of great lessons, for it's when we are pushed to the edge of life that we see most clearly."

In days gone by, the community would have gathering places where children and adults listened to elders tell their stories of life's challenges and the meaning they found in life. In lieu of that kind of extended community, the authors offer this book, filled with stories from the edge. Then, like fireside elders, they weave these personal stories into themes, such as living authentically, the importance of play, finding one's power, loving relationships, and self-compassion. One cannot say enough about the lasting value of this beautifully written and carefully rendered book. This is your chance to see life from the 20/20 vision of hindsight. In the end what will we value most? Here are some hints: the days we surrendered and became calm, the times we healed that which was broken, and of course all the moments we opened ourselves to love. --Gail Hudson