Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Has anyone in your inner circle died?Do you dread the day when a loved one will inevitably leave you behind?
Are you afraid to bear the pain of losing a family member?
Worried that you are not resilient enough to keep peace and joy in your life?
Do you want to make the most of the time you still have together without any regrets?
I've been there and it can feel overwhelming. There came a point in my life where I began to realize that the people I loved were going to start dying. My mother-in-law was in her nineties, my parents were approaching their eighties, and my husband had already outlived his father. I had already said goodbye to others. How could I handle losing the people who I loved the most? I started to think that death was stalking me. But as I learned to accept that the Grim Reaper was just doing his job, I began to accept him as part of my network. I found a way to make friends with death.
As my loved ones started to die, I knew that death is nothing personal and I opened my heart to death. So can you.
Carpooling With Death covers my journey to accept death as a part of life, the guidance I found through my Buddhist practice and the clarity I gained in understanding where to find support and how to recreate my new life.
In this book you will:
- Learn to acknowledge death as a partner who makes life more poignant.
- Discover how to build happy memories in the face of death.
- Learn how to use the key teachings of the Buddha to manage your grief.
- Discover how other peoples attitudes about death impact their ability to support you in your time of need.
This book is like having a best friend who knows the ropes, and is willing to share everything with you, so that you too will emerge from your time with death, stronger, wiser and fearless.
Margaret is a Buddhist practitioner who might carpool with the Grim Reaper, but wishes that he would stay out of her kayak and off her paddleboard. Especially when he is not willing to do any of the work Her two cats teach her humility and subservience on a regular basis.
Synopsis
What is it like to start over after losing a loved one? A Buddhist widow shares her journey of love and loss and resilience. Worried about your ability to cope after the death of a beloved friend, family member or partner? Author and longtime Buddhist Margaret Meloni, Ph.D., has walked this path. With elder parents and a husband with cancer, Meloni knew death was coming. She worked to be as prepared as possible. When the inevitable occurred, she tapped into her practice and strength to keep moving forward. "I'm not the one who died" is the mantra she used to face her overwhelming grief and rebuild her life. She openly shares her wisdom with you as an advocate for death awareness.
Carpooling With Death: How Living with Death Will Make You Stronger, Wiser, and Fearless covers Meloni's journey to accepting death as a part of life. The guidance she found through her Buddhist practice. She gained clarity in understanding how to find support and recreate her new life. Be prepared for an honest account of the challenges you will face from your friends and family. By openly sharing her struggles with herself and others, Meloni shows how you can keep living when those around you keep dying.
Carpooling With Death will show you how:
- To acknowledge death as a partner who makes life more fulfilling.
- To face death while keeping your sense of humor.
- To use the key teachings of the Buddha to move forward with joy.
- To navigate people's attitudes about death with compassion and love.
Combining practical advice and spiritual insight. With humor and heartbreak,
Carpooling with Death is a much-needed companion on this crazy ride of living and dying
. Like having a best friend who knows the ropes. A friend who is willing to share everything with you. So that you too will emerge from your time with death, stronger, wiser and fearless.
Buy Carpooling with Death and become death ready today