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Hospisophy : The Wisdom of the Hospice
Every man, and every woman, has a story - and stories beget wisdom.
Those who know their days are numbered gain a certain clarity that far exceeds the common knowledge we are often trapped in during the day to day.
From the clear, sober perspective of people who know they are no longer dealing with an uncertain future, but with how to cope with impending death and the meaning of the life they have led, a moving, insightful string of stories emerges, stories of deep, penetrating wisdom and life lessons under whose reflective light an individual can better live.
This book collects the life stories of men and women who have related them in the last days of their lives. Stories of people who felt unable to leave this world without their telling. They are short, illuminating stories about the variety of ways a life can be lived, and the various ways it is possible to prepare for death.
It is surprising how simple things can appear to be when exposed to the core, and this is true of the stories in this book. All can be read from a healthy sense of curiosity, from a need to look into other people’s lives, as well as a guide to use to avoid all those missed opportunities in life, the crossroads where so many of us take a wrong turn.
Those who know their days are numbered gain a certain clarity that far exceeds the common knowledge we are often trapped in during the day to day.
From the clear, sober perspective of people who know they are no longer dealing with an uncertain future, but with how to cope with impending death and the meaning of the life they have led, a moving, insightful string of stories emerges, stories of deep, penetrating wisdom and life lessons under whose reflective light an individual can better live.
This book collects the life stories of men and women who have related them in the last days of their lives. Stories of people who felt unable to leave this world without their telling. They are short, illuminating stories about the variety of ways a life can be lived, and the various ways it is possible to prepare for death.
It is surprising how simple things can appear to be when exposed to the core, and this is true of the stories in this book. All can be read from a healthy sense of curiosity, from a need to look into other people’s lives, as well as a guide to use to avoid all those missed opportunities in life, the crossroads where so many of us take a wrong turn.
160 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 11, 2022
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December 23, 2021
Hospisophy : The Wisdom of the Hospice
Danny Blorian’s book, Hospisophy The Wisdom of the Hospice is described as a way to die, and a way to live.
I found an intrinsic beauty written between the pages of people’s stories as their life was coming to a close. What is between the pages is a manual on how to live so as to die without regret, without sadness, without looking back and wishing things had been done differently, or better choices had been made.
Danny Blorian shares with his readers an amazing amount of empathy in how to care and show kindness to those we love and care for in their time of greatest need.
Most importantly - he gives his readers the honest secrets on how to live.
Highly recommended to anyone who wishes to live a good life and die with peace.
Beautifully written and extremely profound.
Danny Blorian’s book, Hospisophy The Wisdom of the Hospice is described as a way to die, and a way to live.
I found an intrinsic beauty written between the pages of people’s stories as their life was coming to a close. What is between the pages is a manual on how to live so as to die without regret, without sadness, without looking back and wishing things had been done differently, or better choices had been made.
Danny Blorian shares with his readers an amazing amount of empathy in how to care and show kindness to those we love and care for in their time of greatest need.
Most importantly - he gives his readers the honest secrets on how to live.
Highly recommended to anyone who wishes to live a good life and die with peace.
Beautifully written and extremely profound.
February 4, 2022
I know why my Mom was called to Hospice. These stories help to know just a little more. Death is so personal. How beautiful that so many allowed her to be part of theirs, and how grateful I know she was for it.
January 15, 2022
Compassionate consciousness – the wisdom that death teaches
Israeli author Danny Blorian served with the Israel police in intelligence and as an interrogation officer, ending his commitment as the Intelligence Officer for the Tel Aviv district. Upon retiring and after courses in spiritual accompaniment in preparation for death, he provided voluntary service for hospices and in the closed ward of a psychiatric hospital and oncology department of a pediatric hospital. HOSPISOPHY is his debut publication, translated from the Hebrew by Yaron Regev.
The compassionate mission of this book is ably suggested in Danny’s Introductory comments – ‘People have a deep need to leave their mark on the world. People also have a need for their story to be heard. I have spent most of the past decade accompanying the dying, spending at least one day a week in a hospice for the last five years. I have heard many fascinating stories about the lives of those who have spent time within its walls; people who spent their final days there. Many of them knew the time they had left was brief, and in many cases, those who chose me to be the last to bear witness to their story were alone in the world, at least as far as not having any other person who they could entrust their story to. And there is no man or woman who does not have a story to tell. Nor is there anyone whose story is not worth the telling. A person’s last moments on this earth are not a time for passing of judgment, but a time for patient heeding. With an open heart.’
The stories Danny relates with such understanding and empathy begin with his own teenage encounter with death: his mother died of cancer without his feeling of understanding or being present for her (‘a parting never properly completed’), a correction he made when his father passed. What then follows are stories from patients in the hospice setting that Danny shares, tales of missed opportunities – the courage to live a life true to themselves, the place work occupies in a person’s life, expressions of emotions to others, relationships, and the role of happiness in life – and regrets. These tender stories are related as Danny heard them, a factor that increases the sensitivity of the stories as we hear the listener’s response! It is that interaction between patient and caregiver that allows entry into the interstices of death and dying, an opportunity to cherish.
There are so many memorable moments in this extraordinary book that it is best to read it slowly, over time. As Danny shares, ’Accepting and embracing the inevitable proximity of death teaches us, in the best possible way, how we might lead a full and meaningful life…I do everything in my power to allow people, healthy and sick, to be fully present in their own lives, so they will not suffer the sense of having missed opportunities at the end of their lives.’ This is a beautiful salute to life by an extraordinary man. Very highly recommended.
Israeli author Danny Blorian served with the Israel police in intelligence and as an interrogation officer, ending his commitment as the Intelligence Officer for the Tel Aviv district. Upon retiring and after courses in spiritual accompaniment in preparation for death, he provided voluntary service for hospices and in the closed ward of a psychiatric hospital and oncology department of a pediatric hospital. HOSPISOPHY is his debut publication, translated from the Hebrew by Yaron Regev.
The compassionate mission of this book is ably suggested in Danny’s Introductory comments – ‘People have a deep need to leave their mark on the world. People also have a need for their story to be heard. I have spent most of the past decade accompanying the dying, spending at least one day a week in a hospice for the last five years. I have heard many fascinating stories about the lives of those who have spent time within its walls; people who spent their final days there. Many of them knew the time they had left was brief, and in many cases, those who chose me to be the last to bear witness to their story were alone in the world, at least as far as not having any other person who they could entrust their story to. And there is no man or woman who does not have a story to tell. Nor is there anyone whose story is not worth the telling. A person’s last moments on this earth are not a time for passing of judgment, but a time for patient heeding. With an open heart.’
The stories Danny relates with such understanding and empathy begin with his own teenage encounter with death: his mother died of cancer without his feeling of understanding or being present for her (‘a parting never properly completed’), a correction he made when his father passed. What then follows are stories from patients in the hospice setting that Danny shares, tales of missed opportunities – the courage to live a life true to themselves, the place work occupies in a person’s life, expressions of emotions to others, relationships, and the role of happiness in life – and regrets. These tender stories are related as Danny heard them, a factor that increases the sensitivity of the stories as we hear the listener’s response! It is that interaction between patient and caregiver that allows entry into the interstices of death and dying, an opportunity to cherish.
There are so many memorable moments in this extraordinary book that it is best to read it slowly, over time. As Danny shares, ’Accepting and embracing the inevitable proximity of death teaches us, in the best possible way, how we might lead a full and meaningful life…I do everything in my power to allow people, healthy and sick, to be fully present in their own lives, so they will not suffer the sense of having missed opportunities at the end of their lives.’ This is a beautiful salute to life by an extraordinary man. Very highly recommended.
January 16, 2022
Compassionate consciousness – the wisdom that death teaches
Israeli author Danny Blorian served with the Israel police in intelligence and as an interrogation officer, ending his commitment as the Intelligence Officer for the Tel Aviv district. Upon retiring and after courses in spiritual accompaniment in preparation for death, he provided voluntary service for hospices and in the closed ward of a psychiatric hospital and oncology department of a pediatric hospital. HOSPISOPHY is his debut publication, translated from the Hebrew by Yaron Regev.
The compassionate mission of this book is ably suggested in Danny’s Introductory comments – ‘People have a deep need to leave their mark on the world. People also have a need for their story to be heard. I have spent most of the past decade accompanying the dying, spending at least one day a week in a hospice for the last five years. I have heard many fascinating stories about the lives of those who have spent time within its walls; people who spent their final days there. Many of them knew the time they had left was brief, and in many cases, those who chose me to be the last to bear witness to their story were alone in the world, at least as far as not having any other person who they could entrust their story to. And there is no man or woman who does not have a story to tell. Nor is there anyone whose story is not worth the telling. A person’s last moments on this earth are not a time for passing of judgment, but a time for patient heeding. With an open heart.’
The stories Danny relates with such understanding and empathy begin with his own teenage encounter with death: his mother died of cancer without his feeling of understanding or being present for her (‘a parting never properly completed’), a correction he made when his father passed. What then follows are stories from patients in the hospice setting that Danny shares, tales of missed opportunities – the courage to live a life true to themselves, the place work occupies in a person’s life, expressions of emotions to others, relationships, and the role of happiness in life – and regrets. These tender stories are related as Danny heard them, a factor that increases the sensitivity of the stories as we hear the listener’s response! It is that interaction between patient and caregiver that allows entry into the interstices of death and dying, an opportunity to cherish.
There are so many memorable moments in this extraordinary book that it is best to read it slowly, over time. As Danny shares, ’Accepting and embracing the inevitable proximity of death teaches us, in the best possible way, how we might lead a full and meaningful life…I do everything in my power to allow people, healthy and sick, to be fully present in their own lives, so they will not suffer the sense of having missed opportunities at the end of their lives.’ This is a beautiful salute to life by an extraordinary man. Very highly recommended.
Israeli author Danny Blorian served with the Israel police in intelligence and as an interrogation officer, ending his commitment as the Intelligence Officer for the Tel Aviv district. Upon retiring and after courses in spiritual accompaniment in preparation for death, he provided voluntary service for hospices and in the closed ward of a psychiatric hospital and oncology department of a pediatric hospital. HOSPISOPHY is his debut publication, translated from the Hebrew by Yaron Regev.
The compassionate mission of this book is ably suggested in Danny’s Introductory comments – ‘People have a deep need to leave their mark on the world. People also have a need for their story to be heard. I have spent most of the past decade accompanying the dying, spending at least one day a week in a hospice for the last five years. I have heard many fascinating stories about the lives of those who have spent time within its walls; people who spent their final days there. Many of them knew the time they had left was brief, and in many cases, those who chose me to be the last to bear witness to their story were alone in the world, at least as far as not having any other person who they could entrust their story to. And there is no man or woman who does not have a story to tell. Nor is there anyone whose story is not worth the telling. A person’s last moments on this earth are not a time for passing of judgment, but a time for patient heeding. With an open heart.’
The stories Danny relates with such understanding and empathy begin with his own teenage encounter with death: his mother died of cancer without his feeling of understanding or being present for her (‘a parting never properly completed’), a correction he made when his father passed. What then follows are stories from patients in the hospice setting that Danny shares, tales of missed opportunities – the courage to live a life true to themselves, the place work occupies in a person’s life, expressions of emotions to others, relationships, and the role of happiness in life – and regrets. These tender stories are related as Danny heard them, a factor that increases the sensitivity of the stories as we hear the listener’s response! It is that interaction between patient and caregiver that allows entry into the interstices of death and dying, an opportunity to cherish.
There are so many memorable moments in this extraordinary book that it is best to read it slowly, over time. As Danny shares, ’Accepting and embracing the inevitable proximity of death teaches us, in the best possible way, how we might lead a full and meaningful life…I do everything in my power to allow people, healthy and sick, to be fully present in their own lives, so they will not suffer the sense of having missed opportunities at the end of their lives.’ This is a beautiful salute to life by an extraordinary man. Very highly recommended.
February 20, 2022
It's possibly inappropriate to say that I enjoyed reading this book but, as a person who acknowledges death as an inevitable part of life, I appreciated the author's honesty through the stories he told of those nearing the end of their lives. Stories that needed to be told for everyone's benefit of lives lived and either regrets for things done which would have been better left undone, or or things left undone which could have been done - for themselves or for those around them. Or, occasionally, gratitude for a life well-lived. This is a book for those who wish to work in a hospital or hospice with those who are nearing the end of their physical being, or for those who would like to know how those who are dying see the lives they have lived, with both positive and negative aspects of hindsight.
Death comes to us all eventually. We don't dwell on it because it makes us uncomfortable and we prefer to focus on living and enjoying our time here in this incarnation. Life gains meaning as we live it. I would like to hope that my life will also give some sort of meaning to those I leave behind when I die. My parents wanted to mold me into someone I wasn't meant to be and I believe that was because they experienced the same influences from their parents' style of parenting so they conformed, as do so many people who don't want to disappoint their parents. Only since their deaths have I become the person I was always meant to be, and continue to grow in my own identity, free of parental constraints.
The book contained descriptions of some who did likewise, with varying degrees of success and ultimate consequences for themselves and those they left behind, with regrets or gratitude. It's hard to break away from others' expectations, so being alone can be the result, especially at the very end. It's sad but I sensed that those who lived their own lives were those who gained gratitude and no regrets, whereas those who lived forever trying to conform to family or other expectations were those who likely had a sense that their lives could have been lived differently, more for themselves and therefore with more personal satisfaction.
My life isn't perfect but at least it has been lived my way, focusing not totally on myself but with a sense that I have something to give others. Choices have consequences, as the people in the book realized when they were dying, so it's best to be mindful of the effects of our choices on the psyches and lives of of those around, family and otherwise. Then there should be fewer regrets and more satisfaction at life's ending.
Death comes to us all eventually. We don't dwell on it because it makes us uncomfortable and we prefer to focus on living and enjoying our time here in this incarnation. Life gains meaning as we live it. I would like to hope that my life will also give some sort of meaning to those I leave behind when I die. My parents wanted to mold me into someone I wasn't meant to be and I believe that was because they experienced the same influences from their parents' style of parenting so they conformed, as do so many people who don't want to disappoint their parents. Only since their deaths have I become the person I was always meant to be, and continue to grow in my own identity, free of parental constraints.
The book contained descriptions of some who did likewise, with varying degrees of success and ultimate consequences for themselves and those they left behind, with regrets or gratitude. It's hard to break away from others' expectations, so being alone can be the result, especially at the very end. It's sad but I sensed that those who lived their own lives were those who gained gratitude and no regrets, whereas those who lived forever trying to conform to family or other expectations were those who likely had a sense that their lives could have been lived differently, more for themselves and therefore with more personal satisfaction.
My life isn't perfect but at least it has been lived my way, focusing not totally on myself but with a sense that I have something to give others. Choices have consequences, as the people in the book realized when they were dying, so it's best to be mindful of the effects of our choices on the psyches and lives of of those around, family and otherwise. Then there should be fewer regrets and more satisfaction at life's ending.
July 23, 2023
-Kindly consider all TW/CW before reading. It is important to be mindful and please take care of yourself.
"A wound without meaning, is simply an accident. A meaningful wound is a calling."
~ Bill Plotkin.
[A Good Death, tricycle.com.]
Danny Blorian`s Hospisophy – The Wisdom of the Hospice.
This book comes with a beautiful, thoughtful, meaningful, and heartfelt concept. The care provided in Hospice is special as it focuses on providing the best possible quality of life to people who are on advanced or terminal illness. It is indeed a blessing for anyone to be able to be available to take care of people in Hospice care. Blorian brings to the readers the stories, the wisdom, the learnings, the regrets, and much more of the people in the Hospice when he has been a care volunteer. The writer focuses through these stories and his writing on "bringing death closer and transforming it into a guide and teacher for life."
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Notes from the book:
"People have a deep need to leave their mark on the world. People also have a need for their story to be heard."
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"A person’s last moments on this earth are not a time for the passing of judgement, but a time for patient heeding. With an open heart."
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"Because it is never too late."
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"Don’t be ashamed. Tell your wife ‘I love you.’ It won’t cost you anything. And it will keep both of you healthy.”
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"I have learned just how deep and intense the need is for some of the people in this place, the need to open up, to be heard and allowed to share, and with what heightened sense of urgency they live their lives."
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"Great is the sorrow of those on the verge of death when they realize there is no time left for improvement."
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“…dying well is to die without anger, without unsettled scores, without yearning, without shame."
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"A wound without meaning, is simply an accident. A meaningful wound is a calling."
~ Bill Plotkin.
[A Good Death, tricycle.com.]
Danny Blorian`s Hospisophy – The Wisdom of the Hospice.
This book comes with a beautiful, thoughtful, meaningful, and heartfelt concept. The care provided in Hospice is special as it focuses on providing the best possible quality of life to people who are on advanced or terminal illness. It is indeed a blessing for anyone to be able to be available to take care of people in Hospice care. Blorian brings to the readers the stories, the wisdom, the learnings, the regrets, and much more of the people in the Hospice when he has been a care volunteer. The writer focuses through these stories and his writing on "bringing death closer and transforming it into a guide and teacher for life."
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Notes from the book:
"People have a deep need to leave their mark on the world. People also have a need for their story to be heard."
৳
"A person’s last moments on this earth are not a time for the passing of judgement, but a time for patient heeding. With an open heart."
৳
"Because it is never too late."
৳
"Don’t be ashamed. Tell your wife ‘I love you.’ It won’t cost you anything. And it will keep both of you healthy.”
৳
"I have learned just how deep and intense the need is for some of the people in this place, the need to open up, to be heard and allowed to share, and with what heightened sense of urgency they live their lives."
৳
"Great is the sorrow of those on the verge of death when they realize there is no time left for improvement."
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“…dying well is to die without anger, without unsettled scores, without yearning, without shame."
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February 2, 2022
The Review
This was such an emotional and heartfelt read. The author takes an inspirational and grounded approach to a very sensitive and emotional part of a lot of people’s lives. Whether it is the reader who finds themselves nearing this point in their own lives or the reader who has a loved one enduring this moment themselves, the book speaks to everyone and delves into the human condition in a raw and real way.
Yet it is the way the author and the people he spoke with and shared their stories use these emotional moments and memories they share to inspire the reader. Delving into five areas under the subject known as “Regrets” in the book, each story and experience the author shares deals with an important life lesson that the author hopes will encourage others to take advantage of the life they have left and do the most with it. The writing was compelling and did a great job balancing storytelling with establishing an emotional connection between the reader and the subjects of this book.
The Verdict
A memorable, honest, and emotionally-investing read, author Danny Blorian’s “Hospisophy” is must-read nonfiction and inspirational read. Exploring the concept of death itself and how it impacts life, the author does a phenomenal job of taking these personal and impactful stories from these patients and their families and showing readers how to live a life without regrets. A life fulfilled, and with a sense of purpose that otherwise may have gone unnoticed.
This was such an emotional and heartfelt read. The author takes an inspirational and grounded approach to a very sensitive and emotional part of a lot of people’s lives. Whether it is the reader who finds themselves nearing this point in their own lives or the reader who has a loved one enduring this moment themselves, the book speaks to everyone and delves into the human condition in a raw and real way.
Yet it is the way the author and the people he spoke with and shared their stories use these emotional moments and memories they share to inspire the reader. Delving into five areas under the subject known as “Regrets” in the book, each story and experience the author shares deals with an important life lesson that the author hopes will encourage others to take advantage of the life they have left and do the most with it. The writing was compelling and did a great job balancing storytelling with establishing an emotional connection between the reader and the subjects of this book.
The Verdict
A memorable, honest, and emotionally-investing read, author Danny Blorian’s “Hospisophy” is must-read nonfiction and inspirational read. Exploring the concept of death itself and how it impacts life, the author does a phenomenal job of taking these personal and impactful stories from these patients and their families and showing readers how to live a life without regrets. A life fulfilled, and with a sense of purpose that otherwise may have gone unnoticed.
November 17, 2024
A collection of true stories written by a man who has dedicated a large part of his adult life to volunteering at a hospice for end of life care. It was an ok read. I somehow had expected more.
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Every man, and every woman, has a story - and stories beget wisdom.
Those who know their days are numbered gain a certain clarity that far exceeds the common knowledge we are often trapped in during the day to day.
From the clear, sober perspective of people who know they are no longer dealing with an uncertain future, but with how to cope with impending death and the meaning of the life they have led, a moving, insightful string of stories emerges, stories of deep, penetrating wisdom and life lessons under whose reflective light an individual can better live.
This book collects the life stories of men and women who have related them in the last days of their lives. Stories of people who felt unable to leave this world without their telling. They are short, illuminating stories about the variety of ways a life can be lived, and the various ways it is possible to prepare for death.
It is surprising how simple things can appear to be when exposed to the core, and this is true of the stories in this book. All can be read from a healthy sense of curiosity, from a need to look into other people’s lives, as well as a guide to use to avoid all those missed opportunities in life, the crossroads where so many of us take a wrong turn.
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Every man, and every woman, has a story - and stories beget wisdom.
Those who know their days are numbered gain a certain clarity that far exceeds the common knowledge we are often trapped in during the day to day.
From the clear, sober perspective of people who know they are no longer dealing with an uncertain future, but with how to cope with impending death and the meaning of the life they have led, a moving, insightful string of stories emerges, stories of deep, penetrating wisdom and life lessons under whose reflective light an individual can better live.
This book collects the life stories of men and women who have related them in the last days of their lives. Stories of people who felt unable to leave this world without their telling. They are short, illuminating stories about the variety of ways a life can be lived, and the various ways it is possible to prepare for death.
It is surprising how simple things can appear to be when exposed to the core, and this is true of the stories in this book. All can be read from a healthy sense of curiosity, from a need to look into other people’s lives, as well as a guide to use to avoid all those missed opportunities in life, the crossroads where so many of us take a wrong turn.
September 6, 2022
After having gone through Alzheimer's with my husband and loosing him, I would like to help others find peace through stories. Sometimes just being able to tell someone about special memories you had, or even very difficult circumstances that you went through, can be cleansing and bring peace. So often I find that people are not able to share deep feelings or don't associate with people that are able to handle just listening to their difficult or sad stories and can't just "be there" for them!
With the Alzheimer's journey I found this to be SPOT ON - - "It isn't that we know more, we have just been playing this game far longer than others". My personal journey helps me to have empathy for the situations of others, to understand where they are coming from AND offer my friendship in a way that is non-judgmental and caring.
I like to lol and make others laugh. This is not a book of laughter and it would not be my first choice for a summer read. Yet I was intrigued enough to read it through. I like to learn by taking book notes and capturing them here for later reference. When it comes to peoples dieing wishes and last thoughts, there aren't many notes to be taken. You just listen and become one with them.
Well done Danny Blorian!
With the Alzheimer's journey I found this to be SPOT ON - - "It isn't that we know more, we have just been playing this game far longer than others". My personal journey helps me to have empathy for the situations of others, to understand where they are coming from AND offer my friendship in a way that is non-judgmental and caring.
I like to lol and make others laugh. This is not a book of laughter and it would not be my first choice for a summer read. Yet I was intrigued enough to read it through. I like to learn by taking book notes and capturing them here for later reference. When it comes to peoples dieing wishes and last thoughts, there aren't many notes to be taken. You just listen and become one with them.
Well done Danny Blorian!
January 12, 2022
Very well written, full of emotion
This is a very thoughtful book. And by thoughtful, I mean it can make the reader do a lot of thinking. I found this to be a slow read, and feel that one probably will need to sparse out the essays. Death is a very heavy topic and I would not say this is a "sit and devour in one session" kind of a book. I also think that a reader may need a few more miles on them to fully appreciate the wisdom within these stories. There is a lot of good writing here and I would recommend it on that alone.
I have experience with people at the end-of-life and still learned from this book. That is pretty easy to understand since there is so much to know about relationships and life. To say that I enjoyed Hospisophy is not exactly the right word, but I do think it is worth your time to read. (4.5 stars)
This is a very thoughtful book. And by thoughtful, I mean it can make the reader do a lot of thinking. I found this to be a slow read, and feel that one probably will need to sparse out the essays. Death is a very heavy topic and I would not say this is a "sit and devour in one session" kind of a book. I also think that a reader may need a few more miles on them to fully appreciate the wisdom within these stories. There is a lot of good writing here and I would recommend it on that alone.
I have experience with people at the end-of-life and still learned from this book. That is pretty easy to understand since there is so much to know about relationships and life. To say that I enjoyed Hospisophy is not exactly the right word, but I do think it is worth your time to read. (4.5 stars)
January 2, 2022
As someone who has held the hand of a loved one as they prepared to leave this earthy world, I had a profound connection with this book. But I also find it equally as important to be read by someone who has ever questioned or doubted death and it’s necessary role in living. Everyone deserves to die with dignity and to feel as if their life meant something, or at least be seen and recognized as a soul that was a part of this world. Digesting these stories relayed by Danny gives the reader space to ask themselves important questions about what their story would be at the end. We must not fear death but “bring death closer and transform it into a guide and teacher for life” for “great is the sorrow of those on the verge of death when they realize there is no time left for improvement.”
January 24, 2022
"Dying well is to die without anger, without unsettled scores, without yearning, without shame." The author desires to give those living their last days in a hospice ward that kind of death. Blorian shares experiences sharing conversations with patients in the hospice. He shares the final days of a woman who lived through days in a concentration camp, a murderer Blorian helped put in prison, and a father who shares a secret that no one knows except his wife. All of those moments are shared with the reverance and dignity that one deserves in these final days. This book is one to read slowly to appreciate the stories and moments we are allowed to look in on.
June 17, 2022
This is stories about a man whose mother died in this hospice hospital not so long ago.
He wanted to start visiting some of the hospice patients there for abit each day he was able to. He met men and woman , old and young who resided there.People he didnt know. He wanted to help them and talk with them about their lives and what they wanted to do before they passed away. Some wanted to see family members they may not have talked to for year. Some just wanted to tell him secrets. Some just want to talk freely as they knew they didnt have long to live. Its always nice to have someone there or someone to hold their hands. Everyone deserves to die with respect and in peace.
He wanted to start visiting some of the hospice patients there for abit each day he was able to. He met men and woman , old and young who resided there.People he didnt know. He wanted to help them and talk with them about their lives and what they wanted to do before they passed away. Some wanted to see family members they may not have talked to for year. Some just wanted to tell him secrets. Some just want to talk freely as they knew they didnt have long to live. Its always nice to have someone there or someone to hold their hands. Everyone deserves to die with respect and in peace.
January 5, 2022
Im never going to finish this book. I adore it, and will use it as a life-long experience resource. Its not something you should read cover to cover, but rather in bites, with time to feel and process.
Its been translated, which causes an issue or two for me, but its still utterly beautiful.
Thank you to Hidden Gems ARC program for the opportunity to read this conceptual masterpiece. Five stars from me, highly recommended, with the caveat of an emotional experience.
Its been translated, which causes an issue or two for me, but its still utterly beautiful.
Thank you to Hidden Gems ARC program for the opportunity to read this conceptual masterpiece. Five stars from me, highly recommended, with the caveat of an emotional experience.
January 10, 2022
Danny Blorian’s Hospisophy is a double edged sword for me. As a new atheist, I found the religious aspect and content of this book hard to connect with. But as someone who has watched loved ones die, I see the need for the stories this author has collected.
The fact that Blorian stresses the importance of dying in living a full life is intriguing. I’ve never hear that stance in any book on end of life care. I would definitely recommend this book to someone looking for understanding end of life struggles and decisions.
I received an ARC of this book from the author for an honest review. It had no bearing on my thoughts or opinions.
The fact that Blorian stresses the importance of dying in living a full life is intriguing. I’ve never hear that stance in any book on end of life care. I would definitely recommend this book to someone looking for understanding end of life struggles and decisions.
I received an ARC of this book from the author for an honest review. It had no bearing on my thoughts or opinions.
January 12, 2022
A very thought provoking book,that I think everyone should.read if they are interested in hospices and the prospect of giving someone a good death.Some of the stories are really heartbreaking and will stay with .
May 14, 2022
Not my type of book
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