Lessons for the Living: Stories of Forgiveness Gratitude and Courage at the End of Life

When Stan Goldberg was diagnosed with cancer he chose to face his fear by helping others who were already in the process of dying: Stan signed up as a hospice volunteer and spent several years at the bedsides of the terminally ill. In this book Stan shares the remarkable stories of people he met who were facing the end of life. Their stories shine a light on the human capacity for beauty insight forgiveness and gratitude as we see how people like us deal with anxiety and sadness with bravery and love. . But whats especially remarkable is that the bravery and love arent as much expressed in grand dramatic gestures as they are in ordinary acts and small accomplishments: in simple efforts at kindness in asking for and receiving forgiveness in the abandonment of anger and in learning to speak directly from the heart—and to listen in the same way. What Stan ultimately discovers—and shares here—are not lessons in dying but rather lessons in learning how to live.