The World Spins By

<p>In three months, Jerry thought he lost everything-his meaningful career, the woman he was supposed to grow old with, and a close friend to a terminal illness-but he soon realized that he was given a gift.</p><p><br></p><p>Jerry had worked in corporate America for 10 soulless years, following a laminated road map to happiness handed to him at graduation from business school.&nbsp;Then he founded a hospice with his mother.&nbsp;Serving patients at the end of life, Jerry learned his greatest lesson, one not found in any textbook or cubicle-the value of time.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>The World Spins By</em> is an intimate journey of loss, curiosity, and love-recounted one pedal stroke at a time along Jerry's two-year bicycle journey back to himself. Over mountains in Tibet, across deserts in Israel, and even a clinic to treat worms in India, Jerry discovered that although you may have a map, real life is unscripted.&nbsp;It goes beyond the borders and occurs at the intersection of fear and control.&nbsp;Throughout the book he shares tales of comical and harrowing adventures on the road and lessons learned from his hospice career, while continually pondering the question, am I using my time well?</p><p><br></p>