For You When I Am Gone

<b><b>From the bestselling author of <i>The Beauty of What Remains</i> a guide to writing a meaningful letter about your life.</b></b><br><br>Writing an ethical will a document that includes stories and reflections about your past is an ancient tradition.&#160;It can include joy and regrets and ultimately becomes both a way to remember a loved one who is gone and a primer on how to live a better happier life.&#160;Beloved Rabbi Steve Leder has helped thousands of people to write their own ethical wills and in this intimate book helps us write our own.<br>&#160;<br>Because our culture privileges the material over the spiritual we sometimes forget that our words carry greater value than any physical thing we can bequeath to our loved ones.&#160;Rabbi Leder provides all the right questions and prompts including: What was your most painful regret and how can your loved ones avoid repeating it?&#160;When was a time you led with your heart instead of your head?&#160;What did you learn from your biggest failure?<br>&#160;<br>Including examples of ethical wills from a broad range of voices&#151;old and young with and without children famous and unknown&#151;<i>For You When I Am Gone</i> inspires readers to examine their own lives and turn them into something beautiful and meaningful for generations to come.<br>