Here is my favorite recent read that I HIGHLY recommend.
At the Soulstice Retreat that I helped plan for my work, and any guests that signed up for Book Club were asked to read this book. All of the guests raved to me at the retreat about how wonderful the book was so I couldn’t wait to get around to reading it.
In California, Will and I traded off diving our noses into it and I honestly couldn’t seem to set it down. Dr. Kalanithi is truly one of the most talented authors I have ever read from.
Here are two quotes I loved….
“That message is simple: When you come to one of the many moments in life when you must give an account of yourself, provide a ledger of what you have been, and done, and meant to the world, do not, I pray, discount that you filled a dying man’s days with a sated joy, a joy unknown to me in all my prior years, a joy that does not hunger for more and more, but rests, satisfied. In this time, right now, that is an enormous thing.”
-Paul Kalanithi
“There is a moment, a cusp, when the sum of gathered experience is worn down by the details of living. We are never so wise as when we live in this moment.”
-Paul Kalanithi
This book made me truly realize how precious life is. Any second, something can happen to your body that can become irreversible and detrimental to your overall health. To take it for granted even for one second seems like a second wasted.
The other thing I got out of this book was an eye-opening realization of what the life of a doctor is truly like. It is HARD yet rewarding. It is expensive yet priceless. It is grueling yet amazing.
I will be honest- I have been apprehensive at times about Will pursuing a career in medicine. I am worried about those long durations apart, obviously worried about the debt and worried about the stress Will will encounter on a daily basis. However, the fact he will be in a position that will help save or accompany someone in dire need seems like a rewarding career to me.
Will definitely loves his job where he currently is right now. There are days where he truly does consider staying there and pursuing a career in a completely different industry. However, only time will tell where we will end up. And until then, “we are never so wise as when we live in this moment”.
-Liv
