Lessons from the Dying
- ISBN-10
- 0861718917
- ISBN-13
- 9780861718917
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-30
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Rodney Smith
Description
Are a person's perceptions and values altered when facing the end of life? Do the dying see the world in a way that could help the rest of us learn how to live? This book takes us into the lessons of the dying. Through the words and circumstances of the terminally ill, we become immersed in their wisdom and in our own mortality. The dying speak to us in direct and personal ways, pointing toward a wise and sane way to live. In everyday language we can all understand, Rodney Smith extends the conversation about death to people of all ages and states of health. Through exercises and guided meditative reflections at the end of each chapter, the lessons of the dying become a blueprint for our own growth.
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