Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living

Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living

By: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross   David Kessler  

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Is this really how I want to live my life?

Each one of us at some point asks this question. The tragedy is not that life is short but that we often see only in hindsight what really matters.

In this, her first book on life and living, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross joins with David Kessler to guide us through the practical and spiritual lessons we need to learn so that we can live life to its fullest in every moment. Many years of working with the dying have shown the authors that certain lessons come up over and over again. Some of these lessons are enormously difficult to master, but even the attempts to understand them can be deeply rewarding. Here, in fourteen accessible chapters, from the Lesson of Love to the Lesson of Happiness, the authors reveal the truth about our fears, our hopes, our relationships, and, above all, about the grandness of who we really are.

Description:
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

Publisher: Scribner

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
The greatest little book ever read - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross has done it again! What an inspirational woman! Absolutely loved this book along with all her books. She teaches that death is just another stage of life. Could not put it down, just kept reading. One of the best teachers of living life well, very well written. Loved it! Her other works include, "On Death and Dying"......all her books are superb.

Customer Review: 3 out of 5
Peace doesn't come easy - We have had a number of family and friends passing away lately and I was looking for some philosophical book on the meaning of life and death. We are not religious so didn't want the god line since it doesn't apply. This has too much of god in it and I come away understanding that only when you are terminally ill do you "get" it. So not what I was looking for but lots of interesting anecdotes and if you are a believer might be a good book for you. I did pick up a Buddist book on life and death so that may have more in it for me. Will review that one too.

Customer Review: 3 out of 5
Great Points, Even If Derivable From Classics - Just makes me feel so good to read this. Gives perspective on everything that matters in life. Love first and foremost: Being present, fully present to my wife, and to family and friends. Partly because of Loss: You will always cherish those moments above all. But also Surrender: to the fact that there will be things that happen during the day that you can not control. Good lessons, though also attainable from classics. Grade: B-.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Life Lessons feeds Mind, Body and Spirit - One of the most important aspects of our lives is the nurturning of our own Mind, Body and Spirit. Life Lessons opens up thoughts on aspects as they relate to special events and how we relate to them in our lives. It provides room to hold it and inspect it and possibly even look at it in a new light. This is a book that I will re-read because it is different each time, depending on where I am in life.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Hands down one of the best books I've read! - I must say that this is by far one of the best books I have read! I could go into my reasons but I feel it is best to let you judge for yourself! We all know in our bones when truth resonates and you will know it when you read this book... If you want to live now and not wait until you're dying in order to do so then read this book slowly and really take in its MANY simple (and not so simple) truths... Then as time goes on, when you start to forget and slip back into your old patterns, pick it up and read it again...

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