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“Falling in love is a form of transitory imbecility,” wrote the Spanish philosopher, Ortega y Gasset, referring to the romantic love that so many of us endlessly seek. But there are many other ways of creating love in your life. You can begin with kindness toward strangers, build bonds of friendship and intimacy, trade solitude for loneliness, follow the steps toward commitment that I outline, and finally take those pathways that lead to wisdom. Nor do the various life losses and perversions, such as abuse, death and dying, illness, loss of a job, or terrorism overcome the opportunities for creating more love in your life; indeed, they help you build them by practicing the various exercises in this book and contemplating the lives of the many brave people who have shared their own stories. In The Art of Dying, many of you have read about easing the process of passing over, both for yourselves and also for your loved ones. But if you must make an art of dying, at least do so after creating more love in your life, and incidentally make yourself more romantically attractive as well. Patricia Weenolsen, Ph.D. is a lifespan developmental psychologist and author of the acclaimed The Art of Dying and Transcendence of Loss Over the Life Span. Dr. Trish has appeared on the Today Show the Joan Rivers Show, and National Public Radio.

Author: Weenolsen Phd, Patricia

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 1935420011
Language: English
Pages: 326