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  vassokal

  2022-12-04

  Finishing the book "Matters of Death and Life" by Marilyn and Irvin D. Yalom, it seems impossible not to write a few words about it.

  They have been together since they were 15 and are now in their 85s. Internationally successful, beloved, satisfied with their lives, they are faced with impending death: one of them will soon have to continue living alone. In the last few months, they decide to write an autobiographical book about their experiences on this journey, with alternating chapters.

  You feel like you are witnessing something so personal, so profound, so serious that it should be forbidden. And yet, at the same time, it is liberating to read and experience the loss of the other, knowing that it is a path we have all gone through, are going through, and will go through again. A difficult subject, in its most authentic approach.

  "What does matter in the end, I think is a well-lived life [...] "

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  justination2022

  2022-07-13

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  I wish we had such minds in Greece......

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