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

by Stan Goldberg

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590306767
• ISBN13: 9781590306765
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Goldberg Gives New Book Gives New Meaning To Living and Loving

Sometimes it takes losing everything for you to appreciate what you have in front of you and how your life can make a difference to so many. This is just one of the revelations discovered in Stan Goldberg's new book LESSONS FOR THE LIVING. Whether it is appreciating the taste of one's favorite dessert, really hearing music for the first time or learning how you have impacted others, Goldberg realized after being given a sobering view of his own mortality just how precious things in life can be. This is one you will read with a renewed sense of what really makes us happy in life.

Lessons for the Living

I hesitated starting this book. The subject, care of the dying, seemed too depressing. I'm glad I did go ahead with it. It is a healing joy to read, and a shining tribute to the personalities of patients Stan met while volunteering at hospices and to the compassion and skill of hospice staffs and volunteers. The practical suggestions at the end are concise and usable.

A Brave Man

Stan Goldberg is a brave man. Diagnosed with an aggressive prostate cancer, he faces the prospect of dying as a relatively young man by going directly to the people who can teach him about dying. He becomes a Hospice volunteer. Out of his experiences he learns timeless lessons in forgiveness, gratitude and courage that he shares with us in honest, well-written prose in his book Lessons for the Living. We need more books like this for we are all mortal. We need to know what to expect and to be able to talk to one another about death as a deeply personal experience affecting not only the person who dies, but all of us whether connected closely or peripherably. Well done, Stan.Talking It Over: Understanding Sexual Diversity

Compassionate Journey

Stan Goldberg's book __Lessons for the Living_____ is a compassionate journey through his experiences as a hospice worker. Upon being diagnosed with prostate cancer, Dr. Goldberg took a proactive role by volunteering to work with the dying. His book is so easy to read, considering the topic, often humorous, and definitely an insightful view into caring for people in the last months of their lives. Most important, however, was his way of opening himself up to the reader's scrutiny, sharing his own fears, and his own experiences with friends and family. I heartily recommend this book to anyone who knows anyone who will eventually die.

Stories at the End of Life

What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living Stan Goldberg has put together a series of stories that will inspire you to reach into your heart and soul and seek ways to care for others with a compassionate heart. Each story will guide you into acts of kindness that will move your heart into a place only your soul can embrace. In essence, these stories are encounters with eternal relationships created in our most simplest of moments in our care for others. You will find stories of gratitude, forgiveness, courage, hope, faith, and much more in this book. As you care for the needs of others through service, you will find a path created inside you that will form your character in ways you never knew was possible. You will find peace in the appearance of despair, and you will come to know your most authentic self. This is a book of encouragement. You will find yourself challenged by your present behavior toward others and replace it with the joy of living life in unconditional grace. Dying people have much to teach us about living, and how, unconditionally loving another person during their most darkest hours will reveal a beacon of light that will illuminate our soul.