Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life

Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life

Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life

Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life

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Overview

Faced with the ultimate challenge of life-confronting your death-how would you want to be remembered? Are there stories you want to tell? Experiences you want to relay? Explanations about how you felt and why? Maybe you wish to ensure that future generations know your family lore. Perhaps you seek meaning and purpose and don't know how to access them. It's likely that you seek comfort and strength. But at the same time a deep desire to heal unresolved issues may unsettle you. And reaching for a spiritual connection may be the path you want to find.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780989983808
Publisher: Green Writers Press
Publication date: 03/20/2014
Pages: 140
Product dimensions: 7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Claire B. Willis is a clinical social worker, an ordained lay Buddhist chaplain and a yoga teacher. In her private practice, she has spent over two decades working with oncology patients and with end-of-life issues. A co-founder of Facing Cancer Together: A Community of Hope, Claire is also an adjunct faculty member at the Andover Newton Theological School and a former group facilitator and instructor at The Wellness Community. She earned an M.A. from Episcopal Divinity School and a MSW at BU.

Marnie Crawford Samuelson is a documentary photographer and a radio and multimedia producer. Her photographs are featured in The Wild Braid, a collaboration with poets Stanley Kunitz and Genine Lentine. She directs and photographs short films. Her website is www.bostonpicturegroup.com.

Table of Contents

Preface Joan Halifax x

Author's Note xiii

Introduction: Your Words Matter 1

Part 1 First Steps

Chapter 1 Before You Begin 7

Chapter 2 Relaxation and Meditation 11

Chapter 3 Getting Started 17

Part 2 Seven Steps to Lasting Words

Chapter 4 On Your Journey 25

Chapter 5 On Gratitude 39

Chapter 6 On Hope 55

Chapter 7 On Forgiveness 67

Chapter 8 On Wisdom 79

Chapter 9 On Prayer 93

Chapter 10 On Endings 103

Epilogue 117

Sources 123

Acknowledgements 125

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