Description
Written in Irv Yalom’s inimitable story-telling style, Staring on the Sun is a profoundly encouraging option to the universal issue of mortality. On this magisterial opus, capping a life-time of work and personal experience, Dr. Yalom helps us recognize that the fear of death is on the heart of much of our anxiety. Such recognition is continuously catalyzed by an “awakening experience”—a dream, or loss (the death of a loved one, divorce, lack of a job or home), illness, trauma, or aging.
Once we confront our own mortality, Dr. Yalom writes, we are inspired to rearrange our priorities, be in contact more deeply with those we adore, appreciate more keenly the wonderful thing about life, and increase our willingness to take the risks essential for personal fulfillment.